Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Two pilgrims on the kanwar yatra were killed and nine others were injured after a dumper hit a tractor-trolley and ran them over in Seoni district on Thursday late evening, police said on Friday.
Police said that the accident occurred on a national highway at 11.30 pm under Bandol police station area when the pilgrims were heading to Akola in Maharashtra from Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.
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