India, Nov. 2 -- At least seven members of a Bhajan singers' group were killed and five others sustained grievous injuries after a van they were travelling in rammed into a trailer from behind in Odisha's Sundargarh district early Saturday morning due to poor visibility caused by foggy weather.

Police said the Bhajan Mandali singers from Kandadhuda and Samarpinda villages of Sundargarh had gone to Chakabahal in Chhattisgarh for a Shraddh ritual in a Maruti van and were being dropped at their homes when the driver rammed into a stationary trailer. Six people died on the spot while another one succumbed to his injuries in a hospital.

"The accident took place between 2am and 2.30am when the Maruti van they were travelling in collided with ...