JAIPUR: Four persons were killed and three injured when a speeding truck ploughed through guests at a wedding function in Bhilwara on Sunday evening.
Hanuman Nagar police station identified the victims as Neeraj, Kuldeep, Manoj and Rajendra. The driver sustained severe injuries and was taken to the hospital for treatment. Police said a medical examination will ascertain if he was drunk.
The incident took place at Kuradiya village in Jahazpur tehsil where the wedding functions of Shankar Lal Meena’s two daughters were about to start.
Around 6pm, a truck coming from Deoli began to flounder before it careened off the road, crushing several people under its wheels. Police said the wedding celebrations were being held at a house next to the road. Locals told police that there were shocking cries for help as people were pulled out from under the wheels. Many wounded were covered in blood, screaming in pain and horror even as the truck’s engine continued to rumble.
Several guests ran out of the house to check on the howls of cries and held the driver so that he could not flee from the scene.
Once all the injured were taken to hospital, the incident draped the entire area in a veil of silence where celebrations were in full swing just a few moments ago. Local leaders and senior police officials came in droves to take stock of the situation.
SHO Mohammad Imran told TOI that the driver was also ferried to the hospital along with other injured. Police said the bodies were being moved to a mortuary. “Injured were taken to hospital immediately after the accident, but four of them succumbed to their injuries,” said an official.
