7 Dead, Eight Injured in Collision Between Truck and Jeep in Rajasthan

Seven people died and eight were injured in a collision between a truck and a cruiser jeep in Rajasthan’s Dungarpur district on Sunday, police said.

The accident occurred near the Ratanpur border, local Bichhiwada police station SHO Madanlal said.

He said all seven died on the spot and three people with severe injuries were referred to Dungarpur. Madanlal said senior police and administration officials, including District Collector Laxmi Narayan Mantri and Superintendent of Police Kundan Kanwaria, reached the spot and took the injured to a hospital.

Police said 21 people were travelling in the vehicle that was headed to Ahmedabad from Dungarpur while one of the occupants claimed that some people were even sitting on the roof. “Some of the passengers were sitting on the roof of the MUV when the accident occurred. The driver of the vehicle was also killed,” he said.

According to one of the occupants of the ill-fated vehicle, Four of the deceased were identified as Dhanpal (24), Hemant (21), Rakesh (25), and Mukesh (25) while a girl aged around 14 years and two other bodies are yet to be identified, police said. Senior police and administration officials, including District Collector Laxmi Narayan Mantri and Superintendent of Police Kundan Kanwaria, reached the spot.