Rajasthan accident: The victims were going to attend a wedding function, police said.
Eight members of a family, including two minors, were killed and one injured in a collision between an SUV and a trailer truck in Rajasthan's Barmer district, police said on Tuesday.
The incident took place around 11.55 pm near the mega highway under Guda Malani police station area. The victims were going from Sediya in Jalore district to Kandhi Ki Dhani in Guda Malani to attend a wedding function, they said.
"The accident took place when the family was merely eight kilometres away from their destination. Six people died on the spot and two succumbed to their injuries during treatment at a hospital," the police said, adding that a total of nine people were travelling in the SUV.
The dead were identified as Punma Ram (45), Prakash Bishnoi (28), Manish Bishnoi (12), Prince Bishnoi (5), Bhagirath Ram (38), Punma Ram (48), Mangilal Bishnoi (38) and Budharam Bishnoi (40).
One side of the SUV was completely destroyed and it took nearly two hours to extract the bodies from the vehicle, an eyewitness said.
A local resident, Bhoma Ram, said he was getting ready to go to bed when he heard a loud sound. He rushed to the spot and found the occupants of the vehicle screaming for help.
He said he and the driver of another truck pulled the injured and the bodies out of the vehicle.
The bodies were handed over to the family members of the dead after a post-mortem examination, the police said.
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