Chandigarh, September 3: Eight people were killed while ten others injured after a truck hit a stationary vehicle carrying devotees in Haryana's Jind district, police said on Tuesday. The accident took place past midnight in Bidharana village on the Hisar national highway. Inspector Kuldeep, SHO of Sadar Narwana, said the injured were taken to hospitals in Jind and Agroha in Hisar. Accident Caught on Camera in Haryana: School Bus Carrying 40 Students Hits Several Vehicles in Hisar, Rams Car Under Truck; Video Surfaces.

He said they were travelling from Kurukshetra district to a temple in Gogamedi in Rajasthan when the accident took place. "The truck rammed into the light commercial vehicle in which the group of devotees was headed to Gogamedi. At the time of the incident, the devotees had taken a brief halt and their vehicle was stationary," the SHO told PTI over phone. School Bus Accident in Haryana: Several Students Injured As Vehicle Overturns Narnaul (Watch Video).

Haryana Road Accident

"Eight people, including two women and a teenager, have died in the incident while ten are injured. The injured are out of danger," he said. A case has been registered in connection with the incident, police said.

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