9 killed in car-trailer collision in Rajasthan

All the deceased belonged to the same family and were going to visit Ajmer Dargah from their village, Fagi.

Jaipur: Nine pilgrims were killed and one was hurt in a road accident in Dudu of Jaipur district in Rajasthan on Thursday.

Giving an account of the mishap, Jaipur Rural SP Rajeev Pachar said that a trailer which was loaded with thermal plant ash was going to Jaipur from Ajmer. As soon as its front burst near Ramnagar, the trailer skidded off the road, collided with the divider and hit the incoming car. The deceased were identified as Hasina, Ismail, Farzana, Murad, Rohina, Shakeel, Sonu and Seraj. All the deceased belonged to the same family and were going to visit Ajmer Dargah from their village Fagi. The police arrived at the spot soon after the incident happened with the help of local people and took the injured to the hospital. The dead bodies were removed from the overturned vehicle.

Pachar said the driver of the trailer driver left the vehicle and ran away. The impact of the accident was so terrible that the car was completely damaged. Bodies of the occupants of the car were also still trapped for long hours before police evacuated bodies with the help of locals. After the accident, there was a traffic jam on the national highway.

As road construction work is being undertaken, vehicles plying in both directions are being guided on one side of the road. Because of the heavy movement of traffic, retrieving the bodies turned out to be a mammoth exercise. According to police, the deceased persons were residents of Londari Malgaon in Rajasthan.