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Seven members of the one family died in Bus and Riksha accident.

Porbandar : 29/7/2003.
Seven people died of the same family in an accident that involved between ST bus and Riksha near Bhadthar on the highway of Porbandar to Khambhalia. This happened this morning around 9AM when bus traveling from Bhuj to Porbandar via Khambhalia and on coming Riksha from from Bhadthar, it happened near village Keshod when bus gone straight on top of the Riksha which was carrying seven members of the same Vanand family. Four of the passenger in Riksha died instantly on the spot and three others on the way to hospital, this horrifying accident shocked everyone in the area cause all the people who died are come from one family. All the member of the Vanand family who comes from Kenedi village in sub-district of Kalyanpur, this was supposed to be this family's most happiest day as they were coming back from Bhadthar town bringing back Daughter in law of Nanjibhai Gohil who was staying with her parents house for last year and a half cause of marriage problems between husband Chandulal Gohil. Four of the people who died at the scene were Nanjibhai Gohil age 60, Chandubhai Nanji Gohil 45, wife Arunaben Chandulal Gohil 40, son Ronak Chandulal Gohil 6 other two died at the hospital in Khambhalia later were son Rutvik Chandulal 2 and Lalo Chandulal 5 while daughter Sima age 7 died on the way to Jamnagar when doctors decided to take her to Jamnagar hospital as her condition was very serious. Bus 4773 belongs to Bhuj ST depo and driver from Porbandar Brahmin Dinesh Mulshankar said that steering failed to control the turning at corner and went straight over the Riksha that belongs to Ahir Naran Vadva from Bhadthar who survive in the accident with miner injuries.