Vadodara: Four members of a family from the city’s Tandalja area were killed when their car crashed into a divider on the Godhra–Vadodara stretch of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway near Kalol in Panchmahal district in the early hours of Monday.The victims were returning to Vadodara from Sikar in Rajasthan after attending the condolence meeting of a family member who had recently passed away. The family had left Vadodara on Saturday to visit their relatives.Police said the accident occurred while the group was travelling on the expressway stretch that was recently opened on a trial basis. The car, reportedly moving at high speed, is believed to have gone out of control. It swerved toward the divider, crashed into it and then toppled to the other side of the carriageway.Emergency services and the fire brigade rushed to the spot after the crash. The injured were shifted to the Kalol referral hospital.Three brothers — Sajid Khinchi (55), Ilyas Khinchi (50) and Ishaq Khinchi (48) — along with another relative, Rehan Khinchi (35), died in the accident. A fifth occupant of the car, Abdulrauf Khinchi (27), sustained minor injuries and is said to be out of danger. The brothers had a business related to construction and real estate in Tandalja.The car was badly mangled in the impact. Police said three of the victims died on the spot, while the fourth was declared brought dead at the hospital.
