One Victim Identified in Winona Crash and Fire

WINONA – One victim has been identified in last week’s double-fatal crash and fire in Winona. According to Pct. 4 Justice of the Peace Mitch Shamburger, Frisco resident Dhaval Ajay Bhatt, 34, was killed; he was driving the car that crashed. KETK reports the passenger’s identification is being withheld pending positive dental identification. The two died when the car slammed into Mike’s Pizza and Pasta around 4:30 last Thursday morning. The following fire destroyed the business, which had only been open six days. The restaurant owners and their son, who had been living upstairs, were able to escape. A preliminary autopsy report shows the two died from blunt force trauma.