A truck carrying around 60 to 70 devotees returning from Jeenmata temple crashed into a tree on the Sirohi bypass in Rajasthan’s Neem ka Thana area at about 4 am on Sunday, injuring 23 people, according to local officials and police. Nine of those injured were referred to hospitals in Sikar, Kotputli and Jaipur after their condition deteriorated.
The devotees were travelling back to their village in Nangal Chaudhary, Haryana, after visiting the temple. The crash occurred in the Neem ka Thana area of Sikar district, on a bypass route used by vehicles travelling through the region.
Neem ka Thana government hospital chief medical officer Kamal Singh Shekhawat said 23 injured people were brought for treatment after the accident. Nine were subsequently referred to other hospitals, while the remaining injured continued to receive treatment at the government hospital.
The people referred included Hardayal, 54; Dularam, 57; Malaram, 52; Manhori, 45; Naseeb, 55; Kailash, 60; Leelaram, 55; Umrao, 70; and Subhash. The supplied report did not provide further details about their injuries or the hospitals to which each person was taken.
Kotwali police station officer Vikram Singh said the truck crashed into the tree after its driver tried to avoid a cow that came in front of the vehicle. The account identifies the immediate circumstances described by the police but does not state whether a formal case had been registered or whether the vehicle had been inspected after the crash.
The incident highlights the risks faced by large groups travelling in goods vehicles or other vehicles not designed for passenger transport, although the supplied report does not specify the truck’s registration, permit status or seating arrangements. It also does not establish whether road lighting, speed, driver fatigue or vehicle condition played any role in the crash.
The bypass location places the accident within a wider road-safety challenge involving mixed traffic, roadside obstacles and sudden crossings by animals. However, no broader accident data or previous crash record for the Sirohi bypass was provided in the report.
The immediate response involved treatment at Neem ka Thana government hospital and the referral of nine patients to facilities in Sikar, Kotputli and Jaipur. Further details on the condition of those injured and any police action were not available in the supplied report.
