29 pilgrims killed in Haryana accident
31 July 2012 12:56 PM IST
At least 29 pilgrims, who were on their way back from a shrine in Rajasthan, were killed in a head-on collision between two trucks in Haryana's Bhiwani district on Monday morning, the police said.
Twenty-two people died on the spot, while seven others succumbed to injuries in hospital, a police officer here said. The dead included 10 women and three children.
The police officials in Bhiwani and Hisar said that at least 25 people were injured in the accident, which took place near the Sainiwas village in Bhiwani district. They were shifted to hospitals in the Hisar town, 15 kilometres from the accident site.
Two of the seriously injured people were rushed to the Post-graduate Institute of Medical Sciences in Rohtak for treatment.
The accident took place on the Hisar-Rajgarh road, 270 kilometres from state capital Chandigarh.
The victims, who belonged to Kalayat and Deeg area of Kaithal district, were returning from pilgrimage at the Amarpura Dham shrine in the neighbouring Rajasthan.
The canter truck in which the victims were travelling was totally wrecked following the accident. According to a police spokesman, at least 57 people were travelling in the vehicle when the accident took place.
People working in the fields took out the bodies of the dead and injured from the truck.
Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda expressed shock and grief over the deaths.
Twenty-two people died on the spot, while seven others succumbed to injuries in hospital, a police officer here said. The dead included 10 women and three children.
The police officials in Bhiwani and Hisar said that at least 25 people were injured in the accident, which took place near the Sainiwas village in Bhiwani district. They were shifted to hospitals in the Hisar town, 15 kilometres from the accident site.
Two of the seriously injured people were rushed to the Post-graduate Institute of Medical Sciences in Rohtak for treatment.
The accident took place on the Hisar-Rajgarh road, 270 kilometres from state capital Chandigarh.
The victims, who belonged to Kalayat and Deeg area of Kaithal district, were returning from pilgrimage at the Amarpura Dham shrine in the neighbouring Rajasthan.
The canter truck in which the victims were travelling was totally wrecked following the accident. According to a police spokesman, at least 57 people were travelling in the vehicle when the accident took place.
People working in the fields took out the bodies of the dead and injured from the truck.
Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda expressed shock and grief over the deaths.
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