In a tragic incident, 11 people, including 7 children, were killed while several others were injured after a pick-up collided with a trailer truck in Rajasthan's Dausa.

The accident took place on the Dausa-Manoharpur highway during the wee hours on Wednesday, when the victims were returning from Khatu Shyam Temple. Nearly nigne of the injured were in serious condition and were referred to SMS Hospital, Jaipur.

What did Dausa SP, DM say?

Speaking about the incident, SP Sagan Rana said that 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 District Collector Devendra Kumar said that 10 people have died. "According to initial reports, 10 people have died in an accident near Bapi. 9 people have been referred for treatment and 3 are being treated in the District Hospital... The accident occurred between a passenger pick-up and a trailer truck...".

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Of the 11 killed, seven have been identified as Poorvi (3), Daksh (12), Seema (25), Priyanka (25), Anshu (26), Saurabh (28) and Sheela (35), according to officials.

Two die in bus-bike collision, bus catches fire

Earlier on Tuesday, two people died after a bus hit their motorcycle in Sanchore, a town in Rajasthan's Jalore district.

The bus was going from Barmer to Palanpur when the driver suddenly lost control and hit a motorcycle on the highway near Ranodar village. The two people riding the motorcycle died on the spot.

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Moments after the collision, the bus caught fire and rammed into the road divider. While the exact cause of the fire was unknown, all the passengers were evacuated safely before the fire, averting a major tragedy.

A police official said, "The exact cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained," adding that the bodies were sent for post-mortem.