Rajasthan road accident: In a tragic incident, at least eight people were killed after a tanker truck overturned on a car they were travelling in. According to the police, the deceased included three children and two women.
Assistant Sub-Inspector (Dudu) Rajendra Prasad said the tire of the tanker truck burst and it overturned on the car passing by. Six deceased have been identified as Haseena, Sonu, Israil, Rohina, Murad and Shakeel, while efforts are on to identify the others, he said.
While seven people died on the spot, one another succumbed on the way to a hospital, Prasad added.
The car passengers were going from Fagi to Ajmer for a pilgrimage when the accident took place on the Jaipur-Ajmer highway near the Ramnagar area at around 12.30 pm.
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