Six youths were killed in the wee hours today when their car rammed into a truck here while they were returning from a marriage function.
The car was smashed by a speeding truck, killing five youths on the spot while the sixth succumbed to death during treatment at Maharao Bheem Singh (MBS) hospital here, Jodharam Gurjar, SHO, Modak Police Station said.
The youths identified as Kishan Gurjar (21), Hemant Mehra (20), Pankaj Sharma (27), Ashok Choudary (19), Shubam Sharma (25)and Satya Prakash (22) were returning to Kota after attending marriage ceremony of their friend from Jhalawar, he said.
Following the postmortem the dead bodies were handed over to their kins for last rites, Gurjar said adding a case of careless driving has been registered against the truck driver who fled away after the mishap.
