Palanpur: Two young men died and four others were injured when an Eicher truck hit a group of devotees walking to a Ramapir camp on Patan-Deesa highway in Saraswati taluka of Patan district on Wednesday night.The six men had left Jangral village on foot around 8.30pm on Bhai Beej, after dinner at home, to pay their respects at the camp near Vagdod.Around 9pm, near the Visat Mataji temple on the village boundary, the truck came from the Deesa side and hit them, according to the FIR.The two men dead Tushar Jama Rabari, 19, and Viram Babu Desai, 23. The injured are Anand Pira Rabari, Janak Ramesh Rabari, Vishal Mafa Rabari and Nitik Vinod Rabari.The FIR states that the truck driver drove rashly and negligently. Villagers chased the truck, and the driver left it near Vadu village and ran away. He is yet to be identified.Tushar’s father, Jama Rabari, 50, a farmer, said a relative phoned him around 9.30pm with news of the accident. He rushed to the spot, where a 108 ambulance took the injured to Palp Hospital in Patan. Doctors there declared Tushar dead. Viram also died of his injuries, and the bodies were brought to Dharpur Hospital.Anand, Vishal and Nitik are in the intensive care unit at Palp Hospital. Janak is being treated at another private hospital.Jama lodged his complaint at Dharpur Hospital, and Vagdod police registered the FIR at 4am on Thursday against the unidentified driver. The charges are causing death by negligence, rash driving and endangering life and personal safety, along with provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act.
