Six pilgrims were killed, while 14 others sustained injuries after a pick-up vehicle rammed into a stationary truck on the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal Expressway in Haryana on Tuesday.
The accident occurred when the occupants of the pick-up vehicle were returning from Rajasthan after visiting the Khatu Shyam temple and other shrines in the state.
A police official said among the six deceased, three were women.
The injured were rushed to a hospital in Palwal, while the bodies were shifted to the Civil Hospital for postmortem.
The victims hailed from Mainpuri district of Uttar Pradesh.