India, July 2 -- Three Kanwariyas were killed and several others injured after a truck carrying 18 pilgrims overturned near Khedi on the Rishikesh-Chamba highway in Uttarakhand on Wednesday morning, police said.

The truck, travelling from Sikandrabad in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr to Dharali (18 km before Gangotri Dham) in Uttarkashi, overturned approximately 42 km from Rishikesh around 10 am.

"As the truck overturned, the victims were trapped under the vehicle. We used multiple JCBs to rescue them. Three Kanwariyas died at the accident spot," Tehri Garhwal district magistrate Nitika Khandelwal said.

Four of the injured Kanwariyas were shifted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Rishikesh, while others were admitt...