Jaipur, September 13 (Press Ki Taquat)
Eleven people from Gujarat were killed and 15 injured when a trailer rammed into their private bus from behind in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur district early on Wednesday, police said.
The bus was on its way from Gujarat to Mathura in Uttar Pradesh when the accident occurred around 4.30am, they said.
The bodies were scattered on the side of the highway. The police were informed by drivers of vehicles passing the spot, they said.
The victims — from Dihor in Gujarat’s Bhavnagar district — were rushed to a local hospital where 11 were declared dead, the police said.
According to the police control room, Antu, Nandram, Lallu, Bharat, Lalji, his wife Madhuben, Ambaben, Kambuben, Ramuben, Anjuben and Madhuben — the wife of one Arvind — died in the accident.
“I pray to God to give peace to the souls of all the deceased and courage to their families. Wishing speedy recovery to the injured,” he said in the post in Hindi.