Three dead, eight injured after three-wheeler falls off bridge in Dwarka

Devbhoomi Dwarka: Three passengers were killed and eight others injured after a three-wheeler on which they were travelling fell off a bridge near Bhanvad town of Devbhumi Dwarka district on Saturday, police said.

The accident took place on a state highway near Rupamora village at around 11 am when the Chakda was traveling from Jam Jodhpur town to Khambhalia. The ‘Chakda’ vehicle lost control and broke the railing on the bridge before plunging 20 feet onto a dry riverbed, the official said. As a result of the accident, two women and the driver lost their lives and several others were injured. The injured passengers were taken to hospitals in Jamnagar and Khambhalia, said the police official.

The two women who died in the accident were from Ahmedabad and had gone to Dhrafa village in Jamjodhpur to attend a religious event. They were returning from the event when the Chakda fell off the bridge. DeshGujarat