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12 pilgrims from Madhya Pradesh killed in head-on collision in Rajasthan’s Nagaur | Jaipur News
JAIPUR/INDORE/UJJAIN: Twelve pilgrims from Ujjain were killed and six injured in a head-on collision between their vehicle and a truck near Sribalaji area in Rajasthan’s Nagaur district on Tuesday morning. More than half of the dead are women.
The 18 pilgrims had packed into a 12-seater Force Cruiser and were returning after ‘darshan’ at Ramdevra and Karni Mata temples in Jaisalmer. “When the jeep was overtaking another vehicle on the state highway, it collided head-on with a truck coming from the opposite direction,” said Nagaur SP Abhijeet Singh.
Preliminary investigation suggested that the Cruiser was trying to overtake another vehicle, carrying pilgrims from the same group, when it collided with the truck. The road has no divider.
Police sped to the spot with ambulances and rescue vehicles. The Cruiser had turned into a mass of mangled metal, making it extremely difficult to extricate the victims. Metal cutters had to be used. Villagers also helped in the rescue.
Eight of the victims, including six women, were killed instantly. Three died on the way to a hospital in Bikaner and another died during treatment.
The 18 pilgrims had packed into a 12-seater Force Cruiser and were returning after ‘darshan’ at Ramdevra and Karni Mata temples in Jaisalmer. “When the jeep was overtaking another vehicle on the state highway, it collided head-on with a truck coming from the opposite direction,” said Nagaur SP Abhijeet Singh.
Preliminary investigation suggested that the Cruiser was trying to overtake another vehicle, carrying pilgrims from the same group, when it collided with the truck. The road has no divider.
Police sped to the spot with ambulances and rescue vehicles. The Cruiser had turned into a mass of mangled metal, making it extremely difficult to extricate the victims. Metal cutters had to be used. Villagers also helped in the rescue.
Eight of the victims, including six women, were killed instantly. Three died on the way to a hospital in Bikaner and another died during treatment.
