Jaipur [Rajasthan]: Eight devotees were killed, and 15 others were injured after a tempo traveller plunged into a rainwater drain on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway in Rajasthan’s Kota district this morning. The accident occurred near the Karadiya toll plaza in the Simaliya police station area. The vehicle, carrying devotees from Madhya Pradesh to the Khatu Shyam Ji temple, reportedly went out of control and fell around 20 feet from a bridge into the drain
According to preliminary information, the driver may have lost control of the vehicle after dozing off at the wheel. Police and rescue teams rushed to the spot, carried out rescue operations and shifted the injured to hospital for treatment
Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and former Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot expressed grief over the tragic accident.
[AIR News]