India, Feb. 21 -- At least 10 devotees returning from the Maha Kumbh congregation were killed in two separate road accidents in Bihar's Bhojpur district and Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur area in a gap of 12 hours, police said.

A Baleno carrying six people from Patna crashed into a parked truck on the Ara-Mohania National Highway, near a petrol pump in Dulhinganj market under Jagdishpur police station, killing all six at the accident site around 3.30 am on Friday.

Police suspect the car, returning from Prayagraj, collided with the truck after the driver lost control.

On receiving information about the accident, station house officer (SHO) of Jagdishpur police station, Bigau Ram, along with additional SHO Jayant Prakash, reached the site with...