SDO killed, wife and driver hurt in road accident in Rajasthan's Jaisalmer

A sub-divisional officer was killed and his wife and driver were injured when their vehicle collided head on with a truck in this Rajasthan district, police said on Monday.

The accident occurred on the Jaisalmer-Barmer road on Sunday night, when the SDO, Anshul Kumar Singh, was heading towards Fatehgarh in Jaisalmer, they added.

All three were rushed to a nearby hospital, where the doctors declared Singh dead. An officer of the Rajasthan Administrative Service, Singh had taken charge as the Fatehgarh SDO on July 15.