3 die in house collapse in Panchmahal

Vadodara: Three members of a family were killed when a house collapsed in the Kanjipani village of Jambughoda taluka in Panchmahal district. The incident took place early on Monday morning when the family was sleeping in the house.
According to officials, the family used to stay in a pucca house and had made some extensions to it using bricks and a thatched roof.The original as well as the extended portion of the wall collapsed due to heavy rains in Jambughoda taluka throughout Wednesday night. Officials said that the taluka had received 75mm rainfall in the night.
Sources said that the house was occupied by four persons including an elderly woman, her two sons and her grandson. “Three of them died as they were under the structure that collapsed. One of the two men was sleeping in the side of the room and hence survived,” said sub-divisional magistrate A K Gautam.
The deceased have been identified as Dayli Baria, her son Radta Baria and Radta’s son Vishnu Baria. Radta’s wife had left the home after a tiff some years back leaving her son behind. Radta’s brother Ramesh was rushed to a hospital for treatment and his condition is reported to be stable.