Jaipur, February 14 Five people, including a woman, were killed in a road accident in Chaksu, Rajasthan on Saturday morning after a car collided with a trailer truck on the Kota-Jaipur National Highway (NH-52), police said.
The accident occurred near the Tigariya turn in Chaksu when the car, travelling from Madhya Pradesh towards Jaipur, crashed into a moving trailer truck, allegedly after the driver fell asleep, Chaksu SHO Manohar Lal Meghwal said.
The impact was so severe that four of the occupants, including a woman, died instantly. A critically injured youth succumbed to his injuries while being taken to a hospital, the SHO informed, adding that all the deceased were from Madhya Pradesh.
Following the accident, traffic on the national highway was disrupted for some time. Local police and the accident response team rushed to the scene after receiving information about the accident.
The bodies have been kept in the mortuary, and the damaged vehicles were removed with the help of a crane to restore traffic, SHO Meghwal added.
