Archive · 22 Sep 2026
Doctor Couple and Two Children Killed in Rajasthan Crash
A family of four was traveling in a car in Rajasthan.
A speeding truck crashed into their car from the front.
The accident happened around 11 a.m.
on Tuesday.
The car was badly crushed in the crash.
The father was a government hospital doctor.
The mother was also a doctor.
Their 12-year-old son and 7-year-old daughter were also killed.
The truck driver left the scene, and police began investigating the accident.
Government hospital doctor Dr Suresh Gajraj, his physician wife Dr Shalini Maurya and their two children died in the collision.
The family’s car was hit head-on by a speeding truck on the Kawai-Atru highway in Baran district.
The crash occurred around 11 a.m. Tuesday under the Kawai police station area.
The victims were traveling from Jaipur to Chhabra when the accident happened.
The truck driver fled, while police and locals removed the victims and sent them to Atru hospital’s mortuary.
- Who
- Dr Suresh Gajraj, Dr Shalini Maurya and their children, Swapnil and Nilisha, were killed.
- What
- A speeding truck collided head-on with their car, killing all four occupants.
- When
- Around 11 a.m. on Tuesday.
- Where
- The Kawai-Atru highway in Rajasthan’s Baran district, under Kawai police station’s jurisdiction.
- Why
- The truck was reported to have been speeding; the articles do not state a further cause.
- Victims
- Dr Suresh Gajraj, Dr Shalini Maurya, Swapnil and Nilisha
- Victims’ ages
- 38, 35, 12 and 7
- Occupation
- Both adults were doctors; Gajraj was a principal medical officer at Mandal in Bhilwara district
- Location
- Kawai-Atru highway, Baran district, Rajasthan
- Travel route
- The family was traveling from Jaipur to Chhabra
- Time
- Around 11 a.m. Tuesday
- Police action
- Police cleared the wreckage and shifted the bodies to Atru sub-district hospital’s mortuary