JAIPUR: Five people, including an infant, were killed and at least six others injured after a speeding bus of Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation (RSRTC) collided head-on with a tempo and also ran over some pedestrians in Dausa district on Sunday.
The incident occurred around 11:30am on the Mahwa-Hindaun Highway when the passengers of the tempo were returning from Kaila Devi temple in Karauli to Mahwa. The bus also hit some pedestrians, killing three of them, including the infant, on the spot. Police said two people travelling in the tempo died.
The deceased pedestrians were identified as Mangti Jogi, 22, a resident of Gohandi village, his one-and-a-half-year-old son Priyanshu Jogi, and Devkinandan Jogi, 36, a resident of Mahwa.
Passengers of tempo were returning after temple visit
The deceased occupants of the auto-rickshaw were identified as its driver Aashik Ali, a native of Karauli, and passenger Gulab Devi, 35, a resident of Panna in Madhya Pradesh. While the passengers of the tempo were returning after the temple visit at Hindaun City in Karauli to Mahwa, the pedestrians were walking in a religious procession when the bus hit them, said police.
“All the injured people were rushed to a government hospital at Mahwa, where the doctors declared five of them dead. Four seriously injured people were referred to Jaipur,” said a police officer. A complaint was registered against the bus driver, who fled after the accident, and a search for him started, he added. The stretch of the highway between Jaipur and Bharatpur has seen several fatal accidents recently. On Saturday, three people, including a young couple, were killed when their car collided with a speeding Bolero near Kaimasi village in Bharatpur district. About 11 pilgrims from Gujarat died after a speeding truck hit a private bus in Bharatpur on September 13.
The incident occurred around 11:30am on the Mahwa-Hindaun Highway when the passengers of the tempo were returning from Kaila Devi temple in Karauli to Mahwa. The bus also hit some pedestrians, killing three of them, including the infant, on the spot. Police said two people travelling in the tempo died.
The deceased pedestrians were identified as Mangti Jogi, 22, a resident of Gohandi village, his one-and-a-half-year-old son Priyanshu Jogi, and Devkinandan Jogi, 36, a resident of Mahwa.
Passengers of tempo were returning after temple visit
The deceased occupants of the auto-rickshaw were identified as its driver Aashik Ali, a native of Karauli, and passenger Gulab Devi, 35, a resident of Panna in Madhya Pradesh. While the passengers of the tempo were returning after the temple visit at Hindaun City in Karauli to Mahwa, the pedestrians were walking in a religious procession when the bus hit them, said police.
“All the injured people were rushed to a government hospital at Mahwa, where the doctors declared five of them dead. Four seriously injured people were referred to Jaipur,” said a police officer. A complaint was registered against the bus driver, who fled after the accident, and a search for him started, he added. The stretch of the highway between Jaipur and Bharatpur has seen several fatal accidents recently. On Saturday, three people, including a young couple, were killed when their car collided with a speeding Bolero near Kaimasi village in Bharatpur district. About 11 pilgrims from Gujarat died after a speeding truck hit a private bus in Bharatpur on September 13.
