Palanpur, June 08: Tragedy struck a government doctor’s family when he and his wife were killed in a road accident near Tharad in Banaskantha district on Sunday. Their two daughters were also injured in the mishap that occurred at 8.30 am when their WagonR collided head-on with a jeep coming from the opposite direction near Haripura Patiya, three km from Tharad.
The doctor Dipak Gehlot, 33, who was working with Tharad referral hospital and his wife Manjula died on the spot. They were going to drop their daughters Real (10) and Royal (8) to Mehsana, where Real was enrolled in a boarding school.
Around half a dozen persons travelling in the jeep also sustained injuries and were shifted to hospitals in Tharad and Palanpur for treatment.
—Agencies