Five killed in road accident near Bikaner

BIKANER: Five persons were killed on Friday when an oil tanker and a pick-up jeep collided head on at the Bikaner-Chhatargarh road near village Shobhasar, nearly 15 km from here. The pick-up jeep was completely damaged and four persons - Yaroo Khan, Mohd Deen, Kalu Khan and Haneef died on the spot. Another passenger Guddi died at the PBM Hospital during treatment.The victims hailed from Jalawali and 682 RD villages.
According to the SHO of Bichhwal police station, the pick-up jeep bearing no. HP-33B-0321 was coming towards Bikaner with eight passengers. When the jeep was near Shobhasar village, it collided with a diesel-loaded tanker bearing number RJ-19-1G-5661. Villagers rushed for help and took out the bodies of the dead and injured persons from the jeep. Due to the accident, the road was jammed for an hour.
Meanwhile, relatives of Guddi, who died during treatment, have alleged that she died due to negligence on the part of doctors and staff of the CT scan machine of PBM Hospital. They further alleged that proper treatment was not given to Guddi, and also the staff deputed at CT scan machine, delayed the scan which resulted in delay of treatment. The family members then started shouting anti-administration slogans and staged a demonstration. On the news of the agitation, senior doctors, police and administrative officers and BJP MLA Vishwanath Meghwal, chairman of UIT Maqsood Ahmed and other social activists rushed to the hospital.
After negotiating for about an hour in the chamber of PBM Hospital superintendent between MLA Vishwanath, UIT chairman Maqsood Ahmed, other officiers and family members of deceased Guddi, it was decided that district administration will sanction an amount of Rs 20,000 each to the deceased persons, one senior doctor will be deputed in the emergency unit of the PBM Hospital round the clock, and the CT scan machine of the Cancer Hospital will be shifted to main hospital.
Later, bodies of all the five deceased were handed over to their families after conducting post-mortem.
A case under sections 279, 337 and 304A of the IPC has been registered in Bichhwal police station for further investigation in the case.