Lizard in driver’s shirt causes fatal accident in Rajkot

RAJKOT: In a bizarre incident, a lizard got inside the shirt of an auto driver, who, in order to shake it off, lost control of the autorickshaw leading it to ram into a 45-year-old man, which caused the latter’s death.
Police said the rickshaw driver, Bharat Parmar, did not run away from the spot, and drove the victim, Madansinh Tirva (45), to the Rajkot Civil Hospital where he died soon after admission.
Though Parmar told the local media that the lizard inside his shirt had caused the accident, the police said they were yet to confirm it.
“We have registered a case of accidental death in this regard. We are yet to record he statement of Parmar,” said R N Hathalia, sub-inspector with Bhaktinagar police station.