Six killed in Indian collision

Six people were killed and two others were seriously injured when a bus and a jeep collided in India's northwestern state of Rajasthan on Thursday night, the Indian news agency PTI reported on Friday.

The accident occurred when the bus collided head on with a jeep carrying eight people in the village of Agoloi in the Jodhpur district.

The six victims, including three women and a child, died on the spot, the agency said.

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