At least 3 deaths in kite related accident, hundreds injured

Ahmedabad

At least three people died and hundreds sustained injuries mostly smaller ones in various kite related accidents all over the state on the occasion of Uttarayan today.

A man died after sustaining cut injuries in his neck by kite string in Kamrej area of Surat district while he was riding his motorcycle.

Another person died after falling from the roof top of a building in Girirajnagar locality of Keshod in Junagarh district. A similar incident has also been reported from Vadodara.

Meanwhile over 1500 calls were received by the 108 ambulance services all over the state today most of which were related to kite and string injuries. Of these maximum around 430 were in Ahmedabad while 185 in Surat, around 150 in Vadodara and 115 in Rajkot.

– DeshGujarat