Another multiple vehicle pileup in Rajasthan leaves 1 dead, 12 injured
Today morning most areas of Northwest India were covered in dense fog. And such weather conditions have led to another major vehicle pileup in Rajasthan. This time around the vehicle collision happened at NH27 near Baran.
According to initial reports, the multi-vehicle collision has left 1 person dead on the spot whereas around 12 people were injured in the crash and were rushed to the medical attention.
Due to very dense fog, the visibility shrunk down to nil in many other areas of the region. Other areas like Amritsar, Allahabad and Jammu recorded nil visibility. Lucknow and Varanasi measured the visibility dropping to 50 meters and 100 meters respectively. Read More: Dense fog envelops North India again
Even today morning Delhi woke up to very dense fog with visibility dropping to 0 meters. Read More - Delhi Fog: Dense fog shrouds Delhi and NCR again
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Dense fog in Rajasthan kills 1; 50 vehicles pileup near Jaipur
The Jaipur-Agra highway near Kanota, saw a massive vehicle pileup that left 50 injured and 1 dead. The accident happened due to low visibility crediting the fog show up over the region. Around 50 vehicles piled up on the highway. Five of the injured are reported to be in very serious condition.
The fog reduced visibility in many areas of the state to 0 meters. Visibility of 50m and below was also recorded over many regions of Haryana and Rajasthan like Ambala, Churu and Hisar. The show of fog is a result of moisture content in the air settling near ground. After the light rainfall over the northwest plains on January 26, the warm air replaced by the incoming cool air from northwest direction led to the fog show up. This incoming cool winds hints the approach of another fresh western disturbance.
"Two people have been killed while 5 others are serious. The total number of injured is nearly 36," Kunwar Rastradeep, DCP (East) said. The accident took place in the early hours due to dense fog. "Many injured have their eyes damaged or have sustained multiple fractures," the police official said.
Check out the images of the fog car pileup here:
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(Image Credit: Dev Ankur Wadhawan, India Today)
(Image Credit: Dev Ankur Wadhawan, India Today)
(Image Credit: Dev Ankur Wadhawan, India Today)
(Image Credit: Dev Ankur Wadhawan, India Today)
(Image Credit: Dev Ankur Wadhawan, India Today)
(Image Credit: Dev Ankur Wadhawan, India Today)
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