Two children, aged 8 and 12 years, were among six persons who died while four others were injured in two separate accidents that occurred late last night in the Bikaner district.
In the first incident, an SUV turned turtle after it hit a truck which it was trying to overtake on the Jaipur-Bikaner national highway near Naurangdesar village .
Four persons travelling in the SUV died on spot whereas as many are undergoing treatment at the PBM Hospital in Bikaner, SHO Napasar police station Uday Lal told PTI.
The deceased were identified as Bhagirath Soni (38), Deepak Soni (30), Kartik (8) and Madhusudan (12), all related to each other.
Bodies were handed over to their family members following the post-mortem, police said.
In another accident, a truck coming from Jaisalmer hit a motorcycle that was going to Nokha from Bikaner, killing two persons.
One of the deceased persons was identified as Raju Ram (35) whereas the other is yet to be identified, police said. Family members of Ram have been informed and a case has been registered against the truck driver, they said.
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