NEW DELHI (AP) — A minibus carrying passengers rammed into a parked truck in India’s northern state of Rajasthan late Sunday, killing at least 15 people and injuring two others, local authorities said.

The victims, including the driver, were returning to the desert city of Jodhpur after offering prayers to a Hindu deity in the pilgrimage town of Kolayat, officials said.

Among the dead were 10 women, four children, and the driver, senior government official Shweta Chauhan told The Associated Press. The injured have been admitted to a local hospital for treatment.

The victims were trapped in the mangled mass of metal that the tempo traveler minibus was reduced to after the accident, Chauhan said.

Senior police officer Kundan Kanwaria said the driver was trying to overtake another vehicle

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