NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, DEC 18
Morning walk turned out to be deadly for three senior citizens after being hit by a speeding car in Panchmahals district on Wednesday. However, the driver escaped from the spot, police said.
The accident took place at Rena Morva village in Godhra taluka, where the driver lost control of his four-wheeler and in bid to evade the oncoming vehicle, rammed into the trio, an official from Shehra police station said.
While the elderly men were killed on the spot, the car driver fled the scene, he said.
The deceased have been identified as Suresh Patel (62), Gunwant Patel (60) and Ranchhod Mahanbhai (60), he said,
adding that their bodies have been sent to the government
hospital in Shehra for post-mortem. The police are on the look out for the absconding driver, he added.