The mangled car on the highway after the mishap on Saturday
JODHPUR: Five of a family including three brothers died in an accident on Nagaur-Jodhpur highway on Saturday morning. While four of them were killed on the spot, one succumbed on the way to hospital. Two of the injured, a father-daughter duo, are undergoing treatment at a Jodhpur hospital.
Police said the accident happened when a Lok Parivahan bus collided with the car in which the family was travelling. Low visibility from thick fog in the morning is suspected as the reason for the accident, police said. Police have seized both the vehicles, though the bus driver fled from the spot.
The deceased have been identified as Sanju (22), Rahul (12) Ajay (10), Bhaliram (10) and Sita (65). The injured are Dayalram (42) and his daughter Jyoti (13). Sita was the sister of Dayalram. All of them belonged to Soyla in Nagaur district and had gone to Nagaur to condole the demise of a relative.
The collision was so intense that half of the car was completely damaged.
The passengers sitting in the front were stuck in the car.
“They had left for Soyla on Saturday morning from Nagaur. About 8km from Nagaur, their car was hit by a bus near Chimrani village,” said Sadar SHO Trilok Verma.
Villagers from the nearby areas rushed to the spot to rescue the passengers and informed police.
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