Jaipur: Three members of a family lost their lives and two others were injured after their car collided with a truck on the Bikaner highway in Rajasthan on Monday, police said. According to the police, the accident occurred when the truck suddenly applied its brakes, causing the car to collide with its rear.
The accident happened as Asma Khatoon (40), her daughter Firdaus (14), and her son Saddam (10) were returning to Jodhpur after celebrating the Eid holidays. While Asma's husband Niyaz Mohammad (45) and their daughter Sumaiyya (8) suffered injuries in the incident. They are undergoing treatment at a hospital.
Station House Officer (SHO) Fatehpur Sadar Muneshi Meena said, "Two people died on the spot while another died during treatment at a hospital. Two people were injured. All were of the same family."
Meena said that the bodies of the deceased have been kept in the mortuary of the Fatehpur community healthcare centre. Meanwhile, the police are actively looking for the truck driver, who fled the scene along with the vehicle.
(With PTI inputs)
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