NEW DELHI, Nov. 23, 2019 (BSS/XINHUA) – At least 12 people, including one
child and five women, died and 10 others injured in a road mishap in India’s
western state of Rajasthan on Saturday, a local police officer said.
All the travelers from the Latur district of southwestern state Maharashtra
were going to a religious place in northern state Haryana’s Hisar district,
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) of Naguar district N.R. Chaudhary told
Xinhua over phone.
He said the mishap occurred at around 3:30 a.m. local time on the
Kishangarh-Hanumangarh highway in Naguar district of Rajasthan when a minibus
hit a road-divider and toppled, after the bus driver lost control of the
vehicle.
The accident occurred near Kuchaman city of Nagaur district, added the
police officer.
According to him, four injured people were admitted to a local hospital,
while six seriously injured were referred to a super-specialty hospital in
the state capital of Jaipur.