Six people died and several more were injured on Friday, February 27, 2026, when a private sleeper bus struck a trailer lorry on the highway linking Barmer and Jodhpur in Rajasthan, near Sarwadi village in Balotra district.
The bus was travelling from Jodhpur and attempting to overtake the trailer when its driver’s side was struck, police said. “Both vehicles were moving at high speed,” said ACP Chhavi Sharma, who added that locals pulled passengers from the sleeper seats and broken glass before rescue teams arrived.
“Six persons have died in collision between a bus and a trailer near Sarwadi village,” Balotra’s Additional Superintendent of Police, Harphool Singh, said. Balotra SP Ramesh Kumar said the dead included two children, and the bodies were moved to the mortuary at Nahata Hospital.
The injured were taken to Nahata Hospital in Balotra, where several remained critical and were referred onward to Jodhpur, while eight others were brought to MDM Hospital. The crash left long queues of vehicles on the highway, and officials said the toll could rise.
Police urged motorists to avoid dangerous and careless overtaking, which they described as one of the leading causes of road crashes in the country. It came a month after a pilgrimage bus hit a trailer head-on on the Jodhpur-Jaisalmer highway, leaving at least four dead and more than 15 injured.
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- Rajasthan: 6 killed, many injured after bus collides with trailer truck in Barmer – India Today
- Six Killed As Sleeper Bus Collides With Trailer In Rajasthan's Balotra
