Four members of a family, including a five-year-old child, were killed in a car crash near here in the wee hours of today, police said.
The car, carrying members of Surat-based Dobariya family - who were heading to a marriage function - collided head-on with a truck near Fatehpura village in Tarapur taluka of the district. Two other members the family were seriously hurt and admitted to a private hospital in Anand town, they said.
"The accident took place when the car, in which six members of a family were travelling to Botad to attend a relative's marriage, collided head-on with a truck on the Tarapur-Vataman state highway at around 2:30 am," said Sub- Inspector of Tarapur Police Station N L Pandor.
Three of the car occupants - Manthan (5), Neeta Dobariya (34) and Ashish (27) died on the spot, while another one Chetan Dobariya (32) breathed his last during treatment at a hospital in Anand, he said.
The injured were identified as Manisha and Vipul Dobariya. The Dobariya family members are residents of Varachha Road locality in Surat.
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