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Rajasthan shocker: 13 killed, 18 injured as truck runs into marriage procession

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In a shocking incident on Monday night near Ramdev temple on State Highway-113 of Rajasthan’s Pratapgarh district, a speeding truck ran into a marriage procession fatally hitting 13 people, four of them children, while leaving 18 others injured.

The incident happened when the truck, going to Banswara from Nimbahera, rammed into the marriage party moving on the roadside.

The people, who live in houses along the highway, were walking on the side of the road as part of ”bindoli,” a marriage procession, when the accident took place, according to family sources.

Nine people died on spot and four died on the way to a hospital. Fifteen people, including the bride, have been injured and they have been referred to hospital, a police official said.

Nine of the deceased have been identified as: Daulatram (60), Bharat (30), Shubham (5), Chotu (5), Dilip (11), Arjun (15), Ishu (19), Ramesh (30) and Karan (28), police said. The DSP said the truck driver apparently could not see the procession.

The bodies are kept in a mortuary for postmortem and an investigation is underway.

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said he was deeply saddened to hear about the accident. “My heartfelt condolences to the grieved families. I pray for speedy recovery of injured people,” he tweeted.

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