Ahmedabad : A 15-year-old boy who was critically injured after an SUV allegedly driven by an intoxicated motorist rammed into a footpath stall in Nikol on Monday night died on Tuesday, a day after his mother succumbed to her injuries. The mother and son were selling sofa covers for Diwali when the vehicle mounted the footpath and struck them. A couple shopping nearby were also injured.
The accident occurred around 9.30pm on the road between Devashya Crossroads and D-Mart Crossroads, opposite Bright Child School. Kartik Vasoya, 34, who works in the admissions department of a school near Hathijan, lodged a complaint at the Sabarmati Civil Hospital police post on Tuesday. He stated that he and his wife, Snehal, 34, had stopped to purchase sofa covers when the SUV struck them. Though the complaint did not name the driver, police identified him as Viral Chaudhary, 36, a resident of Nana Chiloda. Traffic police registered a case against Chaudhary under provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita related to causing death by negligent driving, along with relevant sections of the Motor Vehicles Act, including Section 185.
Investigators said his blood test confirmed alcohol consumption, and six beer cans were recovered from the SUV.
Police said the SUV was coming from the Devashya Crossroads when it hit the four victims and crashed into a wall. Kartik was thrown aside, while the vehicle allegedly ran over his wife and the two vendors. He was arrested. Nikol police also registered a separate case under the Gujarat Prohibition Act after the beer cans were found in the vehicle.