On Tuesday, at least 18 people were killed in eastern India after a bus carrying Hindu pilgrims collided with a truck loaded with kitchen gas cylinders, officials said.
The visuals of the Jharkhand State site showed that the mutilated wreck of the bus, its rear part, was almost entirely burned.
The local legislator Nishikant Dubey said that pilgrims were going to a Hindu sanctuary to celebrate the sacred month of Shravan, coinciding with the start of monsoons in the subcontinent.
“18 Faithful lost their lives due to a bus and truck accident,” said Dubey on social networks.
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– Dr Nishikant Dubey (@nishikant_dubey) July 29, 2025
The pilgrims transported the holy water of the Ganges to offer the Hindu God of destruction, Lord Shiva.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his “biggest condolences to the families of the faithful who lost their lives”.
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– PMO India (@pmoindia) July 29, 2025
“The road accident in Deoghar de Jharkhand is extremely tragic,” said his office on social networks.
Tens of thousands of people die in road accidents in India each year, according to official data.
More than 172,000 people died in road accidents in 2023, said Indian Minister of Transport, Nitin Gadkari, told Parliament.
Last November, a bus plunged into a deep Himalayan ravine in the northern state of Uttarakhand, killing at least 36 passengers and injuring several others.
