Raj: 16 killed in four separate accidents

JAIPUR: 16 people were killed and 19 injured in four separate accidents in Rajasthan, including in Sirohi district where six people died in a collision involving two trucks and as many cars.

Four people died in Rajsamand and Alwar districts each while two more were killed in Ajmer district.

In the Sirohi accident that occurred on Sunday morning in Paldi Police Station area, nine people sustained injuries.

CM Ashok Gehlot offered condolences to the bereaved family members of the deceased.

In Rajsamand, a private bus collided with a truck while overtaking it near Gomti in Charbhuja Police Station area early Sunday. Six people were injured in the accident and have been admitted to a govt hospital.

Two people travelling in a bus were killed and four others injured when the vehicle collided with a truck near Nareli bypass in Alwargate Police Station area of Ajmer district.

Police Circle Officer Chhavi Sharma said the bus going from Jaipur to Udaipur. The deceased were identified as Jagdish and Ramesh Meena.

In Alwar, a truck collided with an auto in Rajgarh leaving four members of a family dead. The accident occurred near Surer petrol pump on the Alwar-sikandara Highway. The injured were taken to a hospital in Rajgarh where three of them were declared brought dead while the fourth succumbed to injuries during treatment, police said