8 Pilgrims Killed As Truck Hits Parked Vehicle in Haryana

Chandigarh: Eight pilgrims died and ten others were injured when a truck crashed to a stationary vehicle carrying devotees in Haryana’s Jind district on Monday night.

The accident occurred past midnight near the Bidharana village on the Hisar national highway.

The victims were travelling from Kurukshetra district to a temple in Gogamedi in Rajasthan when they faced the accident.

The speeding truck crashed into the light commercial vehicle in which the group of devotees was travelling to Gogamedi.

At the time of the accident, their vehicle was parked by the roadside.

The eight deceased included two women and a teenager. A case has been registered in connection with the incident and an investigation is on.