DHAKA: Seventeen persons were killed when their jeep collided with a truck in Rajasthan’s Hanumangarh district on Friday (March 03), police said.

The mishap occurred in Hanumangarh town police station area on Rawatsar-Hanumangarh mega highway, reports the Hindustan Times. 

The bodies have been shifted to a local hospital, SHO Anwar Khan said, adding that further details are awaited.

“Almost all the passengers in the jeep died on the spot,” a police official told IANS.

An investigation has been initiated into the matter, the official said.

BDST: 1730 HRS, MAR 03, 2017
AP