Crash kills 10 of Dombivli family after driver dozes off

The accident happened on the DhandhukaBarwala highway in Ahmedabad district on Sunday morningTen members of a Dombivli family on their way to a Bhavnagar temple died last morning when their jeep collided with a truck coming from the opposite direction on a highway in Ahmedabad The police suspect the driver who also died fell asleep at the wheel One person from the group has been admitted to hospital in a critical conditionDombivli residents Kiran Shah and her children Jinali and Nemil were all killedThe accident took place around 6 am on the DhandhukaBarwala highway 6 km from Dhanduka in Ahmedabad district We dont know how it occurred but it appears that the driver fell asleep at the wheel The jeep travelling at 70 kmph went onto the wrong side and collided headon with a truck coming from the opposite direction The driver of the truck did brake but considering the speed of both the vehicles the accident was unavoidable said District Superintendent of Police R V AsariRita Shah and her daughter Dhara were among the deceasedTragic tripThe deceased have been identified as Kiran Kamlesh Shah 45 her daughter Jinali 20 and son Nemil 17 her brotherinlaw husband Kamleshs brother Shashikant 56 his wife Rita 52 and daughter Dhara 25 Shashikants cousin Hitesh Shah 52 his wife Vibha 48 and nephew Nandeep 22 and another relative from Vadodara Kamlesh had died seven years ago due to a heart attackHiteshs mother Hasumatiben Laxmi Chand Shah 78 had a lucky escape She was supposed to go on the trip but at the last minute couldnt due to ill health She hasnt been informed of the tragedy yetAsari said The jeep had been hired from Vadodara by the family visiting Vallabhipur their native place in Bhavnagar district While 11 passengers were declared dead on the spot including the driver Ahmad Malik Shashikants son Jaymin 17 has been admitted in Ahmedabad civil hospital in a critical conditionA doctor from the hospital got in touch with a relative of the family and informed about the accidentCut shortOn Saturday afternoon the Dombivli family had boarded Karnavati Express from Mumbai Central reaching Vadodara around 11 pm and spending the night at Shashikants sister Jayshrees home They had left early the next morning in a 15seater jeepThe family from the Goghari Visha Shrimali Jain Samaj had been on its way to the Khodiyar Maa Mandir in Ratanpur Bhavnagar districtA cousin of Hitesh Kalpesh Shah said They had been planning this trip for a long time and with their children having holidays due to Ganeshotsav they had decided to go for the darshanShocked relatives and friends gathered at the homes of all three brothers in Dombivli East after getting news of the tragedy later in the dayRajesh More a neighbour said Kiran who was a housewife had been looking after the children after Kamleshs death Jinali was in TYBCom in a Thakurlibased college and Nemil was in Std XII science in an Andheri collegeShashikant too had had a heart attack last year He had the marriage of his daughter Dhara who was working in a private firm on mind looking for alliances His son Jaymin is an HSC student in Dombivlis Gurukul CollegeShashikant and Hitesh used to deal in wholesale of tailoring materialYou may also like to readPune crime Mum dumps newborn into river cooks up kidnapping storyCaught on cam Ahmedabad businessman kidnapped in broad daylightPolice arrests four people for pushing 14yearold into flesh tradeMalayalam actress kidnapping and molestation What happened so far