India, Nov. 16 -- At least five pilgrims from Gujarat were killed and 12 others, including seven children, were injured after a truck and a tempo collided on the Jodhpur-Jaisalmer National Highway (NH) in Rajasthan early Sunday, police said.

Around 20 people, including children, were travelling from Gujarat's Sabarkantha district to Ramdevra in Rajasthan when a truck loaded with millet sacks rammed into their tempo, which was coming from the opposite direction on NH-125 near Khari Beri village in Balesar, around 5.30 am.

"The impact was severe as the front portion of the tempo was completely crushed, while the truck overturned after the collision," an officer said.

According to police officers, three people died on the spot, and two ot...