Jaipur: Five killed as overloaded truck tips over on car

The impact of collision was so much that the car underneath the truck only be discovered after removing the heavier vehicle. Photo: ANI

JAIPUR: In an horrific accident, five persons were on Tuesday killed when a truck overloaded with sacks of salt tipped over and crushed their car near Chomu House Circle in Jaipur. The impact of collision was so much that the car underneath the truck only be discovered after removing the heavier vehicle. "The car was badly flattened and it was hard to take the bodies out," Kamal Nayan, SHO of the accident police station (south) told PTI. The accident happened early morning at around 4 am, the SHO said. The deceased were identified as Rahul, Roshni, Jyoti, Nitesh and Sweeti, the SHO said. The car was travelling towards the statue circle. The post-mortem is going on, Nayan said, adding that the truck driver fled after the incident.