2 kids among 6 killed in road mishaps

BIKANER: Two children, aged 8 and 12 years, were among six persons who died while four others were injured in two

separate accidents

. The accidents occurred late on Saturday night in the Bikaner. In the first incident, an

SUV turned turtle

after it hit a truck which it was trying to overtake on the

Jaipur-Bikaner national highway

near Naurangdesar village.

Four persons travelling in the SUV died on spot , SHO, Napasar police station Uday Lal said. The deceased were identified as Bhagirath Soni (38), Deepak Soni (30), Kartik (8) and Madhusudan (12), all related to each other. In another accident, a truck coming from Jaisalmer hit a motorcycle that was going to Nokha from Bikaner, killing two persons.