A tempo traveller transporting devotees collided with a stalled trailer truck on Sunday, leaving at least 15 people dead and two injured in Rajasthan's Phalodi, police said.

According to them, the incident happened on the Bharat Mala Highway close to Matoda village.

\"Fifteen passengers died, while two others sustained serious injuries. The injured were first taken to a hospital in Osian for primary treatment and later referred to Jodhpur,\" Jodhpur Police Commissioner Om Prakash said.

According to police, 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.

All the bodies have been kept in the mortuary of the Osian government hospital.

Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma expressed

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