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Out-of-control truck kills 13 at Hindu festival in India

Pakistan Published 19 October 2026, 02:10 · archived 18 Oct 2026

NEW DELHI: A speeding truck in India killed 13 people when it ploughed into a crowd at a Hindu festival, officials said on Sunday, with President Droupadi Murmu describing the deaths as “heartbreaking”. The heavily loaded truck reportedly lost control in the early hours of Sunday and hit devotees gathered at a temple in Gwalior, in the central state of Madhya Pradesh. The Press Trust of India (PTI) news agency cited hospital officials as saying 13 people had died. “I express my deepest condolences to the bereaved families and pray for the swift recovery of those injured,” Murmu said on social ...

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