Jaipur: Seven people were killed and 10 were injured after a massive collision between a truck and a cruiser jeep on National Highway 48 in Rajasthan's Dungarpur district on Sunday, police said. The accident occurred near the Ratanpur border, local Bichhiwada police station SHO Madanlal said.
All seven persons died on the spot, and three suffered severe injuries and were referred to Dungarpur Hospital. Madanlal said senior police and administration officials, including District Collector Laxmi Narayan Mantri and Superintendent of Police Kundan Kanwaria, reached the spot and took the injured to a hospital. A team of police and doctors were deployed to the hospital.
According to police, the truck rammed into the Force Trax Cruiser -- a multi-utility vehicle (MUV) capable of seating up to 13 people -- after its brakes failed. Due to the impact, the MUV overturned, they said. Police said 21 people were travelling in the vehicle that was headed to Ahmedabad from Dungarpur while one of the occupants claimed that some people were even sitting on the roof.
"Some of the passengers were sitting on the roof of the MUV when the accident occurred. The driver of the vehicle was also killed," he said. According to one of the occupants of the ill-fated vehicle, Four of the deceased were identified as Dhanpal (24), Hemant (21), Rakesh (25), and Mukesh (25) while a girl aged around 14 years and two other bodies are yet to be identified, police said. Senior police and administration officials, including District Collector Laxmi Narayan Mantri and Superintendent of Police Kundan Kanwaria, reached the spot.
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