Ahmedabad: A 34-year-old fast-food stall owner was charred to death after a dumper allegedly rammed his car from behind and dragged it for nearly 30 feet before both vehicles caught fire on the Dhandhuka-Barwala highway late on Thursday night.The deceased, Sanjay Kanjariya, was returning from Barwala to Dhandhuka when the accident occurred near a cotton ginning mill’s gate, opposite an ICICI Bank branch, around 11.45pm, according to the FIR filed with Dhandhuka police. Sanjay ran a dabeli stall in Barwala for nearly a decade and commuted between the two towns for supplies.His brother Vishal stated in the complaint that he received a phone call around 12.30am informing him that Sanjay’s car had met with an accident and caught fire. He rushed to the spot with relatives and found the car badly damaged. The family identified Sanjay from the vehicle’s registration number and utensils used at his food stall inside. His body was charred in the driver’s seat. Emergency medical personnel declared him dead at the scene, after which his body was taken to Dhandhuka govt hospital for a postmortem. Sanjay is survived by his wife, a 12-year-old son and a six-year-old daughter.The dumper’s cabin had also caught fire and was extensively damaged. Fire brigade personnel battled the flames for around 40 minutes. Police registered a case of speeding and negligent driving against dumper driver Pradip Vadodariya, a resident of Zanzarka village in Dhandhuka taluka.
