India, Jan. 2 -- Four people were killed and four others critically injured after a speeding trailer rammed into an overturned auto-rickshaw and a pickup vehicle on the Bharatmala Highway in Bikaner district late Thursday night, the police said.

The accident occurred around midnight in the Napasar police station area on the Deshnok-Norangdesar road. An auto-rickshaw had overturned on the highway earlier, following which a pickup vehicle was called to remove it. Suddenly, a trailer moving at high speed lost control and crashed into the stationary auto and the pickup van, running over the people standing nearby.

At the time of the incident, around eight people were present at the spot, attempting to lift the auto. Four persons died on the...