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11 pilgrims killed in road accident in MP’s Neemuch

Hindustan Times, Bhopal\Neemuch | By
May 25, 2017 07:45 PM IST

The accident took place when the group of pilgrims was returning from Sawalia, a well-known pilgrimage site for Hindus

Eleven people, including women and children, were killed and 22 others injured when the tractor-trolley in which they were travelling overturned in Neemuch in Madhya Pradesh on Thursday, officials said.

The tractor trolley that overturned in Neemuch, killing 11 people(ANI Twitter)
The tractor trolley that overturned in Neemuch, killing 11 people(ANI Twitter)

Neemuch sub-divisional magistrate Aditya Sharma said the dead included four children and six women.

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The accident took place near the Kanka four-lane barrier when the group of pilgrims -- from Kharerikachariya in Mandsaur -- was returning from Sawalia, a well-known pilgrimage site for Hindus.

The tractor trolley that overturned in Neemuch, killing 11 people (ANI Twitter)
The tractor trolley that overturned in Neemuch, killing 11 people (ANI Twitter)

This was the second accident in as many days involving a tractor-trolley. On Wednesday, three people died near Atrimata in Neemuch when their tractor-trolley overturned.

The injured have been admitted to the district hospital in Neemuch, around 400km from state capital Bhopal.

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