At the least three folks misplaced their lives and round a dozen others had been injured in an enormous multi-vehicle collision on Nationwide Freeway-58 close to Bhilwara metropolis in Rajasthan, Official confirmed on Friday.

The areas was gripped by dense fog within the morning, resulting in a significant street accident in Bhilwara district. 

The accident occurred round 7 am close to Kothari Bridge on the Bhilwara–Ajmer street. Poor visibility attributable to heavy fog prompted six automobiles to collide one after one other. A number of automobiles had been badly broken, and three folks died on the spot.

Chaos erupted on the nationwide freeway after the accident. Police rapidly reached the spot and, assisted by native residents, carried out rescue operations to free injured passengers trapped within the wrecked automobiles after strenuous efforts. Eyewitnesses described scenes of panic, because the injured cried out in ache and pleaded for assist.

The our bodies of those that misplaced their lives have been positioned at Mahatma Gandhi Hospital in Bhilwara, the place relations of each the deceased and the injured at the moment are arriving.

The District Collector and Superintendent of Police (SP) additionally visited the accident web site and later met the injured on the hospital. The accident prompted an enormous visitors jam stretching practically 10 kilometres alongside the nationwide freeway.

The visitors motion got here to an entire standstill for about three hours, and even ambulances despatched to rescue the injured had been caught within the congestion.

Police ultimately managed to clear a passage for emergency automobiles and later restored regular visitors stream.

Dense fog continues to pose a severe threat on highways throughout Rajasthan, with authorities urging drivers to train excessive warning throughout early morning hours.

Kotputli-Behror district remained shrouded in dense fog for the third consecutive day on Friday. The fog all of the sudden descended after 7 am  Visibility on NH 48 and the state freeway remained restricted to 10 meters. Autos proceeded slowly with their fog lights on. The minimal temperature in Behror remained under 9°C.