JAISALMER: Four women of a family died on the spot and 10 people injured when devotees returning from Lohawat in Jodhpur to Barmer district in a Bolero camper collided with a roadways bus on Friday night. An elderly person who was seriously injured was referred to Jodhpur.
The deceased were identified as Bali Devi (45), Bhanwari Devi (22), Papu (40) and Sangeeta (20). The bodies were handed over to the family members after postmortem on Saturday.
The collision was so severe that the camper broke into two pieces and passengers were flung on the road. There were 18 people in the vehicle, police said.
All devotees from Dhorimanna in Barmer district had gone to Lohawat to offer prayers to a deity.
Barmer collector Lok Bandhu, SP Anand Sharma, SDM OP Vishnoi, ASP Narpat Singh, Barmer DSP Anand Singh and other police officers reached the district hospital to meet the injured. They inspected the accident spot too. Bandhu said he got CT scan of the injured done and directed senior doctors for proper treatment of the injured.
According to information from police, 28 people from Sanwa in Dhorimanna went to Lohawat in Jodhpur. While returning, their Bolero collided with a roadways bus around 1am Friday night.
