Dausa: At least four people were killed and two others seriously injured after a car went out of control following a tyre burst and plunged into a deep roadside ditch near Raisar on Rajasthan's Dausa-Manoharpur National Highway (NH-148) early on Friday morning, October 23, IANS reported. All six occupants were pilgrims returning to Agra after visiting Khatu Shyamji.

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The accident occurred at around 6 a.m. within the jurisdiction of the Raisar police station. The driver lost control after the tyre burst, causing the car to plunge into the ditch. After receiving information, police reached the spot and, with the assistance of local residents, rescued those trapped inside the vehicle.

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The deceased have been identified as Atul, Mukul, Rupesh and Shiva, all residents of Agra. Two other occupants, Rahul and Arpit, sustained serious injuries and were admitted to a private hospital for treatment. The injured were rushed to hospital by ambulance, while the bodies of the deceased were shifted to the mortuary of a government hospital. Raisar Station House Officer Rajpal Singh said the accident occurred due to a tyre burst.

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What is solid

  • Four pilgrims from Agra — Atul, Mukul, Rupesh and Shiva — were killed and two others, Rahul and Arpit, seriously injured when their car plunged into a roadside ditch on NH-148 near Raisar, Dausa, early on Friday (IANS; The World Opinion; Daily Kiran).
  • Police say the car went out of control after a tyre burst at around 6 a.m.; Raisar SHO Rajpal Singh attributed the accident to the tyre burst (IANS).
  • The six occupants were returning to Agra after visiting Khatu Shyamji (IANS; Daily Kiran).

What is only claimed

  • No contested claims have been reported in this incident; the tyre-burst account is the police version given by the Raisar station house officer and has not been contradicted in the sources checked.

The accident triggered a traffic jam on the Dausa-Manoharpur National Highway, with long queues of vehicles forming on both sides of the road for nearly an hour. Police personnel managed traffic movement after the injured were taken to hospital, and the damaged car was later removed from the ditch with the help of a crane.

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In a separate accident in Dausa district early on Friday, a loading tempo travelling from Delhi to Kota veered off the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway and overturned into a roadside ditch, leaving five people injured. The injured — Noorjahan, Zyakat Ali, Kunal, Ajay and the driver, Vijaypal — are all residents of Kota who work setting up amusement rides at fairs, and were taken to the Dausa district hospital. Police said that accident happened after the driver dozed off while driving.

Source: The World Opinion