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Six persons killed in Rajasthan after car collides with two motorcycles

The accident occurred on Wednesday night on the Suratgarh-Anupgarh state highway when the victims were returning after attending a religious programme.

PTI

JAIPUR: Six people were killed in Rajasthan's Sriganganagar district when a car rammed into two motorcycles, police said on Thursday.

The accident occurred on Wednesday night on the Suratgarh-Anupgarh state highway when the victims were returning after attending a religious programme.

"Six people have been killed in the accident. Three died on the spot while three others died while on way to the hospital," Bijai Nagar police station in-charge Govind Ram said.

The car driver fled from the spot. The deceased were identified as Tarachand (20), Manish (24), Sunil Kumar (20), Rahul (20), Shubhkaran (19) and Balram (20).

The bodies will be handed over to family members after postmortem.

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