Kota: Five people were killed and two others were injured when a container truck collided with a car and a bike on National Highway 52 near Acodia village in the Jhalawar district of Rajasthan.
SHO Harwant Singh Randhawa said the accident took place on Saturday evening within the limits of Asnavar police station. Four people from Madhya Pradesh were in the car. The accident happened when they were returning from Kankheda Balaji Temple. The three students, who were riding bikes, were returning home from the examination center. Police said all three were dead. Two people in the car died.
One injured person is being treated at SRG Hospital in Jhalawar and another at Kota Hospital.
The deceased have been identified as Balaram Sen, 55, Durga Singh, 45, Nitesh Pareta, 22, Manish Pareta, 20, and Sonu Pareta, 22, of Garot town in Mandsaur district of Madhya Pradesh. The injured were identified as Kamlesh Meghwal, 26, and Karan Singh, 62, both residents of the Rajgarh district in Madhya Pradesh.
The container driver abandoned the vehicle and fled the scene after the incident. The SHO said efforts were underway to arrest him.
