3 pilgrims killed, four injured in Jamui road mishap

Three pilgrims were killed and four others critically wounded when a speeding jeep rammed into a roadside tree at Navinagar in Bihar's Jamui district early today.

Three pilgrims were killed and four others critically wounded when a speeding jeep rammed into a roadside tree at Navinagar in Bihar's Jamui district early Monday.

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The pilgrims were returning to Janakpur in Nepal after offering prayers at the temple of Lord Shiva at Deoghar in Jharkhand when the mishap took place, police said.

While three pilgrims were killed on the spot, four others were referred to Patna Medical College Hospital after their condition deteriorated at a hospital in Jamui.