Five persons were today killed and 12 others injured after a bus they were travelling in collided with an oil tanker on Jodhpur-Jaisalmer highway at Jhanwar town, police said here.
The deceased included a woman and four men, they said, adding the bodies were yet to be identified.
Those injured in the head-on collision have been admitted to a hospital in Jodhpur, police said.
The mishap occurred around 7.30 am this morning when the bus boarded with the passengers left from Jodhpur to Jaisalmer, and later collided with the tanker, they said.
