The group of pilgrims had set out on foot from Uran in Raigad district in Maharashtra to the temple town of Alandi in Pune district, a distance of more than 130 kms

A woman 'warkari' (devotee) of Lord Vitthal was killed and 10 other pilgrims were injured after a container truck ploughed into their group near Kamshet on the old Mumbai -Pune Highway in Maharashtra on Tuesday morning, police said, reported the PTI.

The accident took place around 6.30 am, an official said. Read More

The group of pilgrims had set out on foot from Uran in Raigad district in Maharashtra to the temple town of Alandi in Pune district, a distance of more than 130 kms.

Some of the pilgrims were travelling in an autorickshaw alongside as part of the group, he said.

"When their 'dindi' (group of pilgrims) was

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