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Rajkot: In a tragic incident 47-year-old Ashok Zala, a resident of Surya Rampara village, died in a road accident near Kuvadava on Tuesday late night.
According to police, the incident occurred at around 11 pm when Zala, sarpanch of Surya Rampara, was returning home with an oxygen cylinder when the car he was travelling met with accident. Zala was seriously injured and was taken to a private hospital in Rajkot and then referred to Civil Hospital where he succumbed to the injuries on Tuesday after midnight.
“Ashok Zala’s mother was infected with Covid-19 and was under home quarantine. Zala came to Kuvadava to attend a meeting of sarpanchs of nearby villages to discuss the plan to start Covid-19 isolation centre in Kuvadava. After the meeting got over, he was on his way back home when the accident occurred,” a police official informed. He is survived by wife, a daughter and two sons.