This story is from February 6, 2021

Luxury bus with baraatis rams into parked tanker in Tapi, three killed

Luxury bus with baraatis rams into parked tanker in Tapi, three killed
The bus was carrying a marriage party from Malegaon to Surat
Surat: At least three persons, including husband-wife duo, were killed and 13 others injured when a luxury bus carrying a marriage party rammed into a parked tanker on the Surat-Songadh state highway 53 near Bajpura village in Tapi district early on Friday morning.
Sources said the accident occurred at about 6.15 am. Due to the impact of the collision, the left side of the luxury bus suffered extensive damage leading to the death of three persons including the husband-wife duo, who died at the accident scene.

The deceased have been identified as Rauf Bhikan Shaikh (65) his wife Zaibunissar Rauf Shaikh (55) —resident of Devali village of Malegaon in Nashik district of Maharashtra. The third person who died was 41-year-old Quayyum Abdul Aziz Shaikh, a resident of Thane in Mumbai.
The Valod police in Tapi and the people of Bajipura village had immediately rushed to rescue the accident victims. It took about two hours for the police to remove the body of Quayyum which was stuck in mangled remains of the bus.
According to police, the marriage party had started from Malegaon in Nashik at about 11 pm on Thursday night to reach Surat’s Limbayat area. Due to heavy fog on Friday morning, the bus driver rammed into a parked tanker on the roadside. The tanker had developed a technical snag hence the driver had parked the vehicle on the roadside.
Drivers of the tanker and the luxury bus escaped from the spot. The police have registered case under section 279, 337, 338, 304(a) of the Indian Penal Code and 177 and 184 of the Motor Vehicle Act.

The injured were shifted to Vyara, Bardoli and Surat for further treatment.
Condition of three victims identified as Naeem Haji Rashid Maniyar (51), Azhar Aziz Maniyar (22) and Noor Mohammad Fakir Mohammad (45) — all resident of Malegaon and Nandurbar —is critical and they have been shifted to Surat’s New Civil Hospital (NCH) for treatment.
V R Vasava, sub-inspector of Valod police station said, “The collision of the two vehicles ripped apart the left portion of the luxury bus leading to the death of three persons. The drivers of both — the tanker and luxury bus — escaped after the accident. A case has been registered and an investigation is on.”
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