Sikar (Rajasthan): At least four people were killed when a cement-laden trailer overturned on a car in Rajasthan’s Sikar, police officials said on Wednesday. The incident took place on National Highway 52 in the Reengus police station area of the district, they said.
Officials said that the trailer passing through the highway suddenly went out of control and overturned on a car moving ahead.
Reenguspolice station officer Krishna Kumar Dhankad said that four deceased were travelling from Sikar to Jaipur. “Stray animals suddenly came in front of the car near Reengus and the driver applied brakes. Meanwhile, the cement-filled trailer behind lost its balance and overturned on the car,” Dhankad added.
All four in the car died on the spot, the official said. The bodies have been kept in the mortuary of the government hospital of Reengus, police said. The four deceased have been identified as Rajkumar Meena(45), his mother Sanjya Devi Meena (60), his daughter Archna Meena (22) and another man Azad (40), added the SHO.
They were residents of Jhunjhunu district and were on their way to Jaipur, the police official said, adding Rajkumar was travelling to Jaipur to consult a doctor for the treatment of his mother.
After the accident, sacks filled with cement were scattered on both sides of the national highway causing a jam on the road. The police called a crane and the road was cleared.
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