One passenger died on the spot while several severely injured in a fatal road mishap that took place at Pratap Nagar Chouraha last night of 2^nd Jan when a private bus rolled over after being hit by a truck.

All passengers are rushed to the hospital while the dead body of unidentified person was shifted to the mortuary.

The accident took place when the bus of Punjab Travels which was coming from Ahmedabad and going to Jaipur hit by a speeding truck from behind. The strike was so stern that the bus rolled over to the ground. Hearing the loud sound of collision locals rushed to rescue the victims. Almost all the passengers were pulled out of the bus except one unknown male passenger who got crushed inside the bus and died instantly.

According to a passenger Karam Chandani, after reaching Udaipur the bus halted at Udiapol and many passengers got down there. “As soon as we were crossing Pratap Nagar Circle a truck hit the bus from rear and the bus overturned” he said.

More than 2 dozen passengers received injuries including a child. As per sources, initially only locals of the area helped the victims as police and other rescue services responded after hours. Both truck and bus were lying on road which also disrupted the traffic.

Later police team pulled out the body of the deceased with the help of crane.

Driver of Truck fled away immediately after the incident. Police has started the investigation.