Friday, April 3, 2009

Truck accident kills 24 Indian pilgrims

At least 24 pilgrims were killed and 75 injured

when a truck carrying them from a Hindu shrine overturned on a road in India's northern state of Punjab on Tuesday, a news report says.

The accident occurred near the Anandpur Sahib town early on Tuesday when the truck was returning from the Hindu shrine of Naina Devi in neighbouring Himachal Pradesh state, the IANS news agency reported.

While 21 people were killed on the scene, three succumbed to injuries on way to the hospital, the PTI news agency said in its report.
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