Overview
- Officials reported four fatalities across Bharuch, Anand, Aravalli and Vadodara, with three caused by kite strings and one by electrocution.
- The electrocution victim, identified as 33-year-old Shankar Rathwa, died after attempting to free a kite line from an electric pole on Vadodara’s Waghodia Road.
- Kite-string injuries proved fatal for 35-year-old motorcyclist Rahul Parmar in Bharuch, an eight-year-old in Anand, and 17-year-old Tirth Patel in Aravalli, according to police and hospital officials.
- Statewide, 108 Emergency Medical Services handled 5,897 cases on Uttarayan, including a 171 percent surge in non-vehicular trauma and a 118.7 percent rise in vehicular injuries, with Ahmedabad recording 1,176 calls.
- Vadodara’s SSG Hospital treated about 150 festival-related emergencies, citing limits at Vadodara Municipal Corporation hospitals, and said it is prepared for additional cases on the second day.