Eight Gujarat pilgrims killed en route to Shirdi

The mishap occurs when their vehicle collides head on with a truck.

Eight persons were killed and four others injured when the vehicle they were travelling in met with an accident on the Gujarat-Maharashtra border late last night, police said in Valsad on Saturday.

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The victims, all youth, were going to Shirdi in Maharashtra from Valsad district of Gujarat.

The injured were taken to a hospital, where they are recuperating.

The mishap occured when their vehicle collided head on with a truck, they said.