17 killed in road accident in Rajasthan

Jaipur: Seventeen persons were killed when their jeep collided with a truck in Rajasthan's Hanumangarh district today, police said.

The mishap occurred in Hanumangarh town police station area on Rawatsar-Hanumangarh mega-highway. The ill-fated jeep was on its way to a nearby town with the passengers.

The bodies have been shifted to a local hospital where the autopsies are going on, SHO Anwar Khan said.