JAIPUR: Five people were killed on Wednesday when a truck rammed into two others parked on the roadside on the Jaipur-Ajmer road in Rajasthan, triggering a fire.
Twelve animals were also charred to death in the fire which burnt all three trucks, including the one carrying cattle, police said.
The accident took place around 5.30 am at Dudu area in Jaipur Rural.
Additional Superintendent of Police (Jaipur Rural) Dinesh Sharma said the fire that broke out following the collision engulfed all three trucks.
Five people, including the driver of one of the trucks, were burnt alive in the fire, another police official said.
Circle officer of Dudu Zulfikar said Haryana residents Pawan (28), Sanju (18), Dharamveer (34) and Jan Vijay (35) and Bijli (26), residents of Bihar’s Chhapra district, were in the truck.
He said that the forensic team has started an investigation on the site. Jaipur Collector Prakash Rajpurohit and a senior police officer also visited the spot for inspection.
The bodies will be identified after the relatives of the deceased reach the spot, police said. Post-mortem will be carried out after that and a case will be registered, they said.
(With PTI inputs)
Twelve animals were also charred to death in the fire which burnt all three trucks, including the one carrying cattle, police said.
The accident took place around 5.30 am at Dudu area in Jaipur Rural.
Additional Superintendent of Police (Jaipur Rural) Dinesh Sharma said the fire that broke out following the collision engulfed all three trucks.
Five people, including the driver of one of the trucks, were burnt alive in the fire, another police official said.
Circle officer of Dudu Zulfikar said Haryana residents Pawan (28), Sanju (18), Dharamveer (34) and Jan Vijay (35) and Bijli (26), residents of Bihar’s Chhapra district, were in the truck.
He said that the forensic team has started an investigation on the site. Jaipur Collector Prakash Rajpurohit and a senior police officer also visited the spot for inspection.
The bodies will be identified after the relatives of the deceased reach the spot, police said. Post-mortem will be carried out after that and a case will be registered, they said.
(With PTI inputs)
