Rajasthan: Two kids among 7 burnt alive in car-truck collision in Sikar

Atleast seven people including two children and three women were reportedly burnt alive in a collision between a car and a truck in Rajasthans Sikar district police said reported the PTIThe car passengers all residents of Uttar Pradeshs Meerut were going to Hisar from Salasar Balaji Temple when the accident occurred they saidNear Arshiwad Pulia the car collided with the moving truck from behind after which it caught fire Seven people including three women and two children in the car were killed Deputy Superintendent of Police Fatehpur Circle Rampratap Bishnoi said according to the PTIThe passengers could not open the doors of the car due to the fire and were burnt alive he said adding that efforts are being made to identify them4 killed as car falls into river in Uttarakhands BageshwarIn an another incident four people including two brothers were killed when their car fell into a river in Uttarakhands Bageshwar district in the early hours of Sunday the PTI reported on SundayThe accident occurred on the RimaGharamghar motor road near Chidag at around 4 am Bageshwar Kotwali Station House Officer SHO Kailash Negi saidThe car fell about 250 metres down the road into the river he saidAll occupants of the car were seriously injured in the accidentPolice and State Disaster Response Force SDRF personnel with the help of locals pulled them out of the river and rushed them to a hospital where they were declared dead the officer saidThe victims were identified as Kamal Prasad Niraj Kumar Dipak Arya and Kailash Ram who were aged between 25 and 30 years Negi saidNiraj and Dipak were brothers the SHO addedThe families of the victims have been informedThe victims were residents of Vadyuda Rima and Junyal Dofad the officer said34 injured in bus accident in Himachal Pradeshs HamirpurMeanwhile as many as thirtyfour people were injured when a Himachal Road Transport Corporation HRTC bus met with an accident officials said on Sunday as per the PTIThe mishap took place at Tiale Da Ghat near Bhota Kaswa about 16 km from Hamirpur on Saturday night they saidAccording to eyewitnesses a car suddenly came in front of the bus while overtaking a sharp turn near Tiale Da Ghat To save the car the driver turned the bus towards the left and collided into a hill resulting in the accidentThe officials said the HamirpurVrindaban bound bus was carrying about 50 passengers of which nine people including the driver sustained serious injuries and are undergoing treatment at Hamirpur Medical CollegeThe driver had to be taken out of the bus by cutting the steering wheel of the bus they addedAccording to the officials the other 25 injured passengers were sent to Bhota Hospital in Hamirpur district for treatmentA police team led by ASI Rajesh Kumar reached the spot and carried out relief and rescue operations The local business community also helped themPolice said a case has been registered in the incident and investigations are underway the news agency reported on Sundaywith PTI inputs