Jaipur (PTI) : Five people were killed and 11 others injured after the jeep they were travelling in collided with a truck in Rajasthan’s Nagaur district on Thursday night, police said.
The accident took place in the Burdi area when the jeep was going to Ringas in Sikar district from the Ramdevra temple in Jaisalmer. The passengers were residents of Abawas village in Ringas, Circle Officer (CO) Jayal Rameshwar Lal said.
After the collision, the injured passengers were rushed to a nearby hospital, where five of them, including a child, were declared dead. The deceased were identified as Phoolchand, Rohitash, Kaushalya, Rukma and Hemraj, he said.
The injured are undergoing treatment at the Nagaur district hospital, the CO said.
