At least nine people died in a road accident after the van in which they were travelling collided with a truck in Rajasthan’s Jhalawar district on Saturday night. The accident took place in Panchola near Aklera.
According to Jhalawar Superintendent of Police Richa Tomar, the group of 10 people were returning from a marriage procession in Madhya Pradesh’s Khilchipur when the accident took place. While three men were killed on the spot, six others died during treatment at the hospital. The bodies of the deceased have been sent for post-mortem, the official added.
Following the accident, the driver of the truck fled the scene but was detained later. An investigation into the case is underway.
“There were 10 people in a van, 9 people have died in the road accident, and one person is seriously injured. The accused has been caught. The vehicle has been seized and an investigation is underway, ” ASP Chiranji Lal Meena said.
In a similar incident, four women died and 20 people sustained injuries when a tractor-trolley was hit by a truck in Uttar Pradesh’s Mainpuri on Saturday. The accident happened around 4 am near Fardpur village when around 35 people onboard the tractor-trolley were returning from a child’s namkaran’ ceremony, police said.
At least ten people died after a speeding car rammed into a trailer truck from behind on the Ahmedabad-Vadodara Expressway near Nadiad town of Gujarat’s Kheda district on April 17.
The incident occurred when the Ertiga car veered off behind a trailer truck en route from Vadodara to Ahmedabad.
“The car was going towards Ahmedabad from Vadodara when it rammed into the rear side of the truck on the expressway. While eight people died on the spot, two injured persons, who were shifted to a nearby hospital in an ambulance, succumbed later,” said Inspector of Nadiad Rural police station Kirit Chaudhary.
A man was killed in Andhra Pradesh’s Anantapur district after a car hit his bike and travelled 18 kilometres with his body on the vehicle’s roof. The incident happened on the national highway near Kothapalli in Atmakuru Mandal on April 16.
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