Four members of a Rajasthan family were killed after their speeding car collided head-on with a loaded truck near Basni Pulia on the Ring Road adjoining Nagaur city on Saturday evening, police said.
According to police officers, the family was travelling from Bikaner towards Jodhpur, while the truck was coming from Jodhpur in the opposite direction. The family had reportedly visited the famous Karni Mata Temple in Deshnok and was returning home.
The impact of the collision was so severe that both vehicles caught fire.
Locals managed to extinguish the flames. They said the accident took place around 4 pm and that the car was travelling at a very high speed before suddenly appearing in front of the truck.
Police identified the deceased as Jai Singh (50), his wife Suman Kanwar (45), and their son Indra Vardhan (14), all from Jodhpur; and Laxmi Kanwar (55), who was from Jhunjhunu but residing in Jaipur. Singh was a wholesale medical supplier based in Jodhpur.
Preliminary investigations suggest that the car driver may have fallen asleep at the wheel, causing the vehicle to veer into the path of the oncoming truck, Station House Officer (SHO) of Sadar police station Suresh Kaswan said.
Rescue efforts were challenging as the mangled car was trapped beneath the truck.
