8 killed in taxi-truck collision in Bikaner

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Press Trust of India Bikaner
Last Updated : Apr 05 2017 | 1:07 PM IST
Eight persons, including seven women were killed when their taxi collided head-on with a truck on Bikkaner-Jaisalmer highway here late last night.
The victims, all hailing from Punjab were the followers of Dera Saccha Sauda, and were on their way to Gadiala Fanta from Pokaran when the mishap occurred, police said today.
The deceased were identified as Prakash Kaur (45), Kashmir Kaur (46), Sindh Kaur (45), Kripal Kaur (48), Sarabjit Kaur (50), Shamsher (52), Mukhtyar Kaur (46) and Sukhvindra Singh (48).
The bodies were shifted to PBM Government Hospital for postmortem, police said.

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First Published: Apr 05 2017 | 1:07 PM IST

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