AHMEDABAD: A 37-year-old man died and 30-year-old man ended up losing his hand, when the car they were in struck an SUV, at Iskcon Crossroads on SG Road in the wee hours of Wednesday.Seven others, who in the SUV, suffered comparatively minor injuries in the accident The deceased was been identified as Vipul Patel, a resident of Astha Bungalows, and a builder by profession. Patel was driving the car. His co-passenger, whose hand was amputated, was been identified as Pratik Brahmbhatt, a resident of Kalindi Bungalows in the Gulab Tower area. He is the son of a retired deputy superintendent of police, R R Brahmbhatt.The accident took place at 1.15am on Wednesday, when Patel lost control of his car, which jumped the divider and slammed into the SUV in which seven employees of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) were travelling, from Gandhinagar “Patel and Brahmbhatt were going from Sarkhej towards Gota and the SUV was going in the other opposite direction. Patel’s car was catapulted into the air and came crashing down,” said PSI V V Dhrangu of SG-2 traffic police station.Traffic cops deployed at Iskcon Crossroad and passerby rushed to the car and called an ambulance. By the time the ambulance arrived, Patel was already dead. Brahmbhatt was then shifted to a private hospital on SG Road.Dhrangu said, “Brahmbhatt’s condition was critical and had been admitted to the ICCU, due to which we couldn’t take his statement about the accident.” A cop who witnessed the accident said a liquor bottle and glasses were found in Patel’s car. On this, Dhrangu said, “We have sent Brahmbhatt’s blood samples for medical test and Patel’s body has also been sent for a postmortem. We are waiting for the reports to ascertain if they were drunk.”At around 6.00am on Wednesday, four other cars suffered damage at the same spot when some drivers lost control over their vehicles as they were distracted by the sight of Patel’s mangled car, said Dhrangu.

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