JAIPUR: Four members of a family including a couple were killed in a head-on collision between a car and a truck near Tasar village under Sadar police station area of Sikar around 8.30am on Thursday.
The impact of the collision was such that all the people got trapped in the car and were taken out with the help of metal cutters and other gadgets. According to police, the family was on the way to Nagaur to attend a condolence meeting of a dead relative.
Locals heard a blast-like sound and rushed to the spot. Later, a team of senior police officers with metal cutters too reached the site. “The deceased were identified as Bhikaram, his wife Shanti Devi, Geeta Devi and Durga Devi. They started from Nawalgarh town of Jhunjhunu and were going to Jayal village of Nagaur district,” said a senior police officer. Police said it took almost 30 minutes for them to take out the trapped from the badly mangled car. A case of causing death due to negligence has been registered against the tanker driver who fled from the scene. CM Ashok Gehlot has condoled the deaths.