A truck rammed into a marriage procession in Rajasthan's Pratapgarh district, killing 13, including four children, and injuring 18 others, police said on Tuesday, 19 February.
The accident happened near Ramdev temple on State Highway-113 on Monday night, 18 February, when the Nimbahera-bound truck rammed into the group, PTI quoted Choti Sadri DSP Vijaypal Singh Sandhu as saying.
Nine people died on the spot, while four others succumbed to their injuries on the way to the hospital, according to the Pratapgarh SP.
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.
Gehlot said the injured were rushed to a government hospital in Choti Sadri and all 15, who were critically hurt, were referred to several 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 did not see the procession.
He said the bodies are kept in a mortuary for postmortem and an investigation is underway.
(With inputs from PTI)
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