Katra, Oct 14: Three pilgrims returning from the holy shrine of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi were killed and two others injured when their auto-rickshaw collided head-on with a bus on the Katra-Udhampur road on Tuesday, police said.

The collision involved an auto-rickshaw bearing registration no. JK14C-9518 carrying the pilgrims and a bus bearing registration number JK02AQ 5353. The impact was severe, resulting in the immediate death of three passengers, while two others sustained critical injuries.

Police and rescue teams rushed to the spot and shifted the injured to a nearby Katra hospital for treatment. The bodies of the deceased have been sent for post-mortem examination.

A case has been registered, and an investigation is underway to determine the cause of the accident, officials added.

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