Pickup Van Rams Into Truck in Rajasthan's Dausa; 11 From UP Die, Mourning in Etah Village

PTI, JAIPUR, AUG 13, 2025 :  A pickup van crashed into a parked truck in Rajasthan's Dausa district in the early hours of Wednesday, killing 11 Uttar Pradesh residents, including seven children, and injuring eight others, police said.

The passengers of the pickup vehicle were returning to their village in Uttar Pradesh's Etah after visiting Khatu Shyam and Salasar Balaji temple when the accident occurred on Manoharpur highway around 4-5 am, Dausa Superintendent of Police Sagar told newspersons.

Seven children and four women died in the accident, he said. Dausa Deputy SP Raviprakash Sharma said the deceased have been identified as Mishthi (1), Babu (3), Poorvi (6), Lakshay (6), Vaishnavi (7), Mahak (7), Saloni (9), Sheela (20), Priyanka (25), Seema (25) and Sonam (32).

Twenty people were on board the pickup vehicle when it rammed into a stationary truck in the service lane of the highway, the SP said, adding that one of the eight injured is in 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 in Hindi.

Dr Anurag Dhakar from Jaipur's SMS Hospital, where some injured people were taken, said: "Around 10 injured, including three women and three children, were brought here. Of them, one woman, Seema Devi, died while her husband Manoj is in the ICU."

Three patients have suffered head injuries, while one of the three children is critical, Dhakar added.

Meanwhile, in Uttar Pradesh, a stunned silence fell over Etah's Asrauli village as news came that 11 of its residents were killed in the road crash in Rajasthan. District magistrate Prem Ranjan Singh, along with Senior Superintendent of Police and other officials, visited the bereaved families and assured all possible assistance.