<p>Ahmedabad: Former Gujarat chief ministers Vijay Rupani and Suresh Mehta escaped unhurt in separate accidents involving their vehicles on Monday, police said.</p>.<p>A 50-year-old motorcyclist was injured when one of the vehicles in Rupani's convoy hit him on the Ahmedabad-Rajkot highway around 10.30 am, an official said.</p>.<p> The accident occurred near Limbdi town of Surendranagar district when the victim, Prabhu Thakarshi, was trying to cross the highway on his two-wheeler and the former chief minister's convoy was passing at the same time, deputy superintendent of police C P Mundhwa said.</p>.<p>Rupani, who is in charge of the BJP's affairs in Punjab, was travelling to Gandhinagar from Rajkot, he said.</p>.Gujarat: 38 jawans of SRP injured as bus overturns in hilly area; nine serious.<p>'The convoy stopped after one of its vehicles hit the motorcyclist. Rupani, who was in another car, also alighted and inquired about the injured man who was taken to a hospital in Limbdi in a convoy vehicle. The man sustained minor injuries to his legs,' Mundhwa said, adding that no FIR has been registered in this regard.</p>.<p>Rupani served as the chief minister of Gujarat from 2016 to 2021.</p> <p>In a separate accident, a truck hit former chief minister Suresh Mehta's car near Halvad town of Morbi district, police said.</p>.<p>Mehta was travelling to Kutch from Ahmedabad when a truck hit his car at a roundabout. The car was left with some scratches, inspector Dipak Dhol of Halvad police station said.</p>.<p>'The truck driver applied brakes soon after Mehta's car stopped at the roundabout. Since heavy vehicles take more time to stop, the truck eventually touched the car at a slow speed. No one was injured in the incident, and Mehta continued his journey in another vehicle,' the inspector said.</p>.<p>Mehta was the chief minister of Gujarat from October 1995 to September 1996.</p>
<p>Ahmedabad: Former Gujarat chief ministers Vijay Rupani and Suresh Mehta escaped unhurt in separate accidents involving their vehicles on Monday, police said.</p>.<p>A 50-year-old motorcyclist was injured when one of the vehicles in Rupani's convoy hit him on the Ahmedabad-Rajkot highway around 10.30 am, an official said.</p>.<p> The accident occurred near Limbdi town of Surendranagar district when the victim, Prabhu Thakarshi, was trying to cross the highway on his two-wheeler and the former chief minister's convoy was passing at the same time, deputy superintendent of police C P Mundhwa said.</p>.<p>Rupani, who is in charge of the BJP's affairs in Punjab, was travelling to Gandhinagar from Rajkot, he said.</p>.Gujarat: 38 jawans of SRP injured as bus overturns in hilly area; nine serious.<p>'The convoy stopped after one of its vehicles hit the motorcyclist. Rupani, who was in another car, also alighted and inquired about the injured man who was taken to a hospital in Limbdi in a convoy vehicle. The man sustained minor injuries to his legs,' Mundhwa said, adding that no FIR has been registered in this regard.</p>.<p>Rupani served as the chief minister of Gujarat from 2016 to 2021.</p> <p>In a separate accident, a truck hit former chief minister Suresh Mehta's car near Halvad town of Morbi district, police said.</p>.<p>Mehta was travelling to Kutch from Ahmedabad when a truck hit his car at a roundabout. The car was left with some scratches, inspector Dipak Dhol of Halvad police station said.</p>.<p>'The truck driver applied brakes soon after Mehta's car stopped at the roundabout. Since heavy vehicles take more time to stop, the truck eventually touched the car at a slow speed. No one was injured in the incident, and Mehta continued his journey in another vehicle,' the inspector said.</p>.<p>Mehta was the chief minister of Gujarat from October 1995 to September 1996.</p>