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4 killed, 27 hurt in bus-truck collision on Jaipur-Bikaner national highway

The sleeper bus, with passengers returning to Gujarat after a visit to Jammu & Kashmir, was travelling towards Jaipur when the accident happened

By PTI
The remains of a bus after it collided with a truck on the Jaipur-Bikaner National Highway. (photo: PTI)
The remains of a bus after it collided with a truck on the Jaipur-Bikaner National Highway. (photo: PTI)  

Four people were killed and 27 others injured after a bus collided head-on with a truck on Jaipur-Bikaner National Highway in the Sikar district of Rajasthan on Tuesday (9 December) night.

The sleeper bus was travelling from Bikaner towards Jaipur when the accident happened.

The police said that four persons died in the accident, adding that 15 injured were admitted to the Sikar district hospital while 13 were given primary treatment at Fatehgarh. One critically injured person referred from the Sikar district hospital to SMS Hospital in Jaipur died during treatment, the police said.

The group of passengers was returning to Gujarat after visiting Jammu and Kashmir when the accident occurred, the police added.

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