At least 10 people were killed after a car carrying Hindu pilgrims to the Maha Kumbh festival collided with a bus in the north India state of Uttar Pradesh.
Nearly 500 million people were expected to take a “holy dip” at Sangam, the confluence of holy rivers in Prayagraj, during the festival, according to Uttar Pradesh’s state government.
The car was carrying pilgrims from central Chattisgarh state’s Korba city to take a “holy bath” at the Kumbh while the bus was ferrying devotees from Madhya Pradesh’s Rajgarh.
"The news of the death of many people in a road accident on Mirzapur highway in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, is extremely sad," she said on X.
At least 19 people injured in accident in northern Uttar Pradesh state.
