India, Jan. 14 -- Six women were killed and three others were injured after the vehicle they were travelling in collided with a truck on Wednesday in Rajasthan's Sikar district.

The accident took place on the Jaipur-Bikaner national highway near Harswa village, Fatehpur police station in-charge Surendra Singh said.

"On being informed, police reached the spot and pulled out all the nine passengers who were stuck in the damaged car. They were taken to Fatehpur hospital, from where three injured were referred to Jaipur," Singh said.

Singh said that the group in the car was heading to Fatehpur from Laxmangarh after attending the cremation of a relative when their car met with an accident. "The accident took place at a turning in Fatehpur. ...