Rajasthan: 13 killed, 18 injured as truck runs into marriage procession


Jaipur, Feb 19 (PTI): A speeding truck ran into a marriage procession in Rajasthan’s Pratapgarh district fatally hitting 13 people, four of them children, while leaving 18 others injured, police said Tuesday.

The accident happened near Ramdev temple on State Highway-113 Monday night when the truck, going to Banswara from Nimbahera, rammed into the marriage party moving on the roadside, Choti Sadri DSP Vijaypal Singh Sandhu said.

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said he was deeply saddened to hear about the accident. “My heartfelt condolences to the grieved families. I pray for speedy recovery of injured people (sic),” he tweeted.

He said the injured were rushed to a government hospital in Choti Sadri and later on 15 of them, who were critically hurt, were referred to a facilities in Udaipur.

Nine of the deceased have been identified as: Daulatram (60), Bharat (30), Shubham (5), Chotu (5), Dilip (11), Arjun (15), Ishu (19), Ramesh (30) and Karan (28), police said.

The DSP said the truck driver apparently could not see the procession.

He said the bodies are kept in a mortuary for postmortem and an investigation is underway.

  

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Tue, Feb 19 2019

    Truck Driver didn't see such a big Procession.
    Dal Mein Kuch Kala Hai ...

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  • SAMAD, Mangalore

    Tue, Feb 19 2019

    ''The DSP said the truck driver apparently could not see the procession''....Ye andhe ko kisne license diya usko kaam se nikalo..this is the reason driver gives...Nai dikha?..Break b nai dikha kya??? ya truck me break nai tha??

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  • Rajesh, Udupi

    Tue, Feb 19 2019

    book this marriage party head and hang.. when driving itself on Indian roads is a deadly experience, these rogues have the audacity to take procession on highway, who allowed them in the first place? moreover we have seen how terrorists ram their trucks into crowds in Europe. when wil our morons wake up and push innocent lives to deathtrap?

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Tue, Feb 19 2019

    RIP ...

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