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Eight pilgrims on board a pickup vehicle were killed and 11 others injured in a road mishap near Usmikala turn under Nandganj police station area on Varanasi-Ghazipur road in Ghazipur district on Friday, police said. Six people died on the spot and two succumbed to injuries while undergoing treatment at a hospital.

The tragedy occurred as they fell off the vehicle after its left side got damaged due to collision with a truck, and a speedy mini truck coming from behind ran over them. The pilgrims, who belonged to different villages under Bansgaon, Sahjanawan and Khorwari police station areas of Gorakhpur, were on way to their hometown after taking a holy dip at Mahakumbh in Prayagraj.

Police said ...