5 dead, several injured in road accident in Hanumangarh

Five people died and several more were injured in a collision between a truck and a car in Rajasthan's Hanumangarh district on Thursday, police said.

The accident occurred on the Hanumangarh-Jaipur highway near Sardarshahr when the car was coming from Pallu town, they said.

''Five people, including four women, were killed in the accident and over a dozen people were injured,'' Bhanipura Station House Officer Gaurav Khidia said.

He said the injured were rushed to a hospital in Sardarshahr, from where some were referred to Bikaner.

The deceased were identified as Kamla Devi, Anna Ram, Santosh, Monika and Saroj.