Goa, Nov. 3 -- In a tragic road accident, at least 15 people were killed and three others injured when a tempo traveller rammed into a parked trailer near Matoda village on the Bharat Mala Highway in Phalodi district, around 400 km from Jaipur.

According to police, all the victims were residents of the Sursagar area in Jodhpur and were returning from the Kolayat temple in Bikaner after offering prayers at the Kapil Muni Ashram.

"Fifteen passengers died on the spot, while two women sustained serious injuries. The injured were initially rushed to a hospital in Osian and later referred to Jodhpur for advanced treatment," Jodhpur Police Commissioner Om Prakash said.

The collision's impact was so severe that the front portion of the tempo t...