Overview
- Police said five people, including four children, died and 12 were injured, seven of them children.
- A truck loaded with millet sacks rammed a tempo carrying about 20 pilgrims from Gujarat’s Sabarkantha district en route to Ramdevra, crushing the tempo’s front and overturning the truck.
- The collision occurred around 5:30 a.m. on NH-125 near Khari Beri village in Balesar, Jodhpur district.
- Three victims died at the scene and two during treatment, as the injured were first taken to Balesar hospital before being referred to MDM Hospital in Jodhpur.
- Two of the deceased were identified as Kokila, 58, and Priya, 14, with identification of others continuing, and former chief minister Ashok Gehlot posted condolences.