13 killed in bus accident in Jaipur

Jaipur, Apr 14 (UNI) At least 13 people were killed and 15 others injured when a private bus collided with a jeep near Palana town in Bikaner district this afternoon, police said today.

The accident occurred when the bus, carrying participants of a rally, organised by the ruling BJP on the Ambedkar Jayanti in Bikaner, back to their homes, rammed into the jeep at around 1700 hrs.

While one person died on the spot, 12 injured succumbed at PBM hospital in Bikaner.

Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, who participated in the rally, rushed to the hospital.

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