6 killed, many injured in bus-truck collision in India's Rajasthan

Source: Xinhua| 2021-11-10 16:08:21|Editor: huaxia
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NEW DELHI, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- At least six people were killed and many others injured Wednesday after a bus and a truck collided with each other in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, police said.

Following the collision the bus caught fire.

The accident took place on a highway in Barmer district, about 535 km west of Jaipur, the capital city of Rajasthan.

"Today a collision between a passenger bus and a truck left six people dead, besides many others injured," a police official posted in Barmer police control room said. "The victims were the passengers traveling in the bus and further details are awaited."

According to the police, the senior officials of police have rushed to the spot.

"Top officials have rushed to the spot, besides police teams and fire-fighters who are carrying out rescue work," the police official said. "The injured have been removed to the hospital."

Reports pouring in from the area said the death toll is likely to go up.

Police have registered a case and ordered an investigation to ascertain the cause of the accident.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has directed the district administration to provide treatment to the victims.

"In connection with the bus-truck accident in Barmer, after talking to the District Collector, Barmer on the phone, he has been directed to carry out relief and rescue operations, besides best treatment will be ensured to the injured," Gehlot wrote on social media.

Deadly road accidents are common in India often caused due to overloading, bad condition of roads and reckless driving.

Around 150,000 people are killed every year in around half a million road accidents across India, officials said.

India's federal minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari recently said the government has set a target to reduce road accident deaths by 50 percent by 2024. Enditem

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