Bangalore: Five pilgrims were killed and seven
injured when the van in which they were travelling collided
with a lorry near Humnabad in Bidar district today.
They were returning from the temple town of Tirupati in
Andhra Pradesh to Mungrol village in Maharashtra's Osmanabad
district when the mishap occurred, police said.
The van driver was among those killed.
While four were killed on the spot, another succumbed to
injuries in a hospital at Humnabad, where the injured were
admitted.
PTI
First Published: Sunday, August 22, 2010, 23:03