12 killed in tempo-bus collision in Rajasthan

As many as 12 people, including eight children and three women, were killed and two others injured in a collision between a sleeper coach bus and a tempo near Badi in this district of Rajasthan. According to police and hospital sources, the victims, mostly the members of related families, were returning back home in Badi town after attending a pre-wedding ceremony in Sarmathura region around 2330 hrs Saturday night when the tempo they were travelling in collided with the bus. The accident occurred along Sunnipur village near Badi leaving 14 persons injured seriously.

All the injured were immediately rushed to nearby hospital in Badi where 10 were declared brought dead, by the doctors, Badi Hospital spokesman said. Advertisement Four injured were referred to Dholpur district hospital, however, two succumbed on the way and as many were still being treated at Dholpur, he said. Advertisement.