Jaipur, Aug. 5 -- A 36-year-old Army personnel and his friend were killed, while two others were injured after an SUV lost control, crashed into a tree and overturned in Rajasthan's Jhunjhunu district late Tuesday night, police said.

According to police officers, the SUV was completely mangled in the crash, trapping the occupants inside near the Bagad turn. Rescue teams used a JCB machine and a crane to break open the vehicle and pull out the victims.

The deceased were identified as Army personnel Rakesh Kumar and his friend Nitin, the 22-year-old son of a police constable, Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of the Bagad police station Randhir Singh said.

Singh added that the injured - Ajay Kumar (25) and Sakshi Sihag (21) - were initially ...