Jhunjhunu: A truck carrying devotees returning from Jeenmata temple lost control and crashed into a tree around 4 am Sunday on the Sirohi bypass in Neem ka Thana area of Sikar district. Twenty-three devotees were injured in the accident. Of them, nine were referred to Sikar, Kotputli and Jaipur after their condition deteriorated. Around 60 to 70 devotees were in the truck and were returning to their village in Nangal Chaudhary, Haryana.Neem ka Thana govt hospital chief medical officer Kamal Singh Shekhawat said that, of the 23 injured, nine were referred to other hospitals. The rest are being treated there.He said those referred included Hardayal (54), Dularam (57), Malaram (52), Manhori (45), Naseeb (55), Kailash (60), Leelaram (55), Umrao (70) and Subhash.Kotwali police station officer Vikram Singh said the truck crashed into a tree as its driver tried to avoid a cow that came in front of the vehicle.
