Five people died and over 35 others were injured after truck collided with other trucks and caught fire in front of a petrol pump on the Jaipur-Ajmer highway on Friday morning, police said. He said the incident occurred in front of a petrol pump.
According to preliminary information, the truck that hit the other vehicles was loaded with a chemical. Videos taken from a distance of the accident site showed thick plumes of smoke arising from the vehicles that caught fire.
Some people sustained burn injuries in the incident, police said.
