Rajasthan News: 11 Devotees, Including 7 Children, Killed In Fatal Crash While Returning From Khatu Shyam In Dausa

Jaipur: Eleven devotees including seven children, were killed, and eight others got injured in a shocking accident near Dausa, Rajasthan, on Wednesday early morning as a pickup full of devotees rammed into a standing container. All were from Etah and Firozabad in Uttar Pradesh and were returning from Khatu Shyam Ji.The accident took place at around 3.30 am in Bapi village of Sainthal police station on National Highway-148.

The police said that about 45 devotees had come to Khatushyam in two pickups. On the way back, one of the pickups full of women and children met with an accident.Dausa Deputy SP Raviprakash Sharma said the deceased have been identified as Mishthi , Babu , Poorvi , Lakshay , Vaishnavi , Mahak , Saloni , Sheela , Priyanka , Seema and Sonam . Ten of them killed on the spot while one one woman, Seema Devi died in the hospital.

Around twenty people were on board the pickup vehicle when it rammed into the stationary container on the service lane of the highway. One of the eight injured is in a critical condition.Expressing grief over the incident, President Droupadi Murmu called the loss of lives very tragic and prayed for the recovery of those injured.

“The news of the death of many people, including women and children, in a road accident in Dausa, Rajasthan, is very tragic. I express my deep condolences to the bereaved families. I pray for the speedy recovery of those injured in this accident,” the president said in a post on X.Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma instructed the concerned officials to ensure proper arrangements for the treatment of the injured and expressed grief over the loss of lives in the accident.