Five killed in car-truck collision on Kota–Jaipur highway in Rajasthan

A car collided with a dumper truck in the Chaksu area on Saturday morning, killing five people, police said.

Updated on: Feb 14, 2026, 18:10:18 IST

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Five people were killed after a car collided with a truck in the Chaksu area in Jaipur district in Rajasthan on Saturday morning, police said.

The victims of the accident were travelling from Jabalpur to Ujjain. (Representative image/ANI )

The incident happened at the Kota–Jaipur National Highway-52 at around 5.30 am on Saturday, when the driver allegedly dozed off behind the wheel, according to India Today.

According to an ANI report, the victims include four men and one woman. A police official said that the victims were travelling from Jabalpur to Ujjain.

After the accident, the woman, along with three men, died on the spot. While an injured man was rushed to the hospital. However, he died during the treatment.

“At around 6 am, a PCR informed that a car had collided with a dumper truck near Tigadia. Upon receiving this information, the police immediately arrived at the scene and discovered that a car with an MP registration number, carrying 5 men and a woman, had collided with the back of a dumper. 3 men and a woman died on the spot,” Assistant Sub-Inspector Jai Singh told ANI.

“The bodies of all the deceased are being kept in the mortuary. Efforts are underway to inform their families by obtaining their contact numbers. The car was en route from Jabalpur to Ujjain. The deceased are yet to be identified, but we are trying to contact their family members based on the details of the number plate,” he added.

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