India, Sept. 13 -- Three more people who were injured after a truck lost control and plowed into a crowd of devotees during a Ganesh immersion procession in Karnataka's Hassan district on Friday evening have died during treatment, raising the death toll from six to nine, police said.

The police officers said that around 17 others remain hospitalised. "Nine people have died in this accident. Of them, six are locals, while three are students from Chikkamagaluru, Bellary, and Chitradurga. Seventeen others are being treated in hospitals," southern range inspector-general of police (IGP) Boralingaiah said.

Preliminary findings suggest the truck, travelling from Hassan toward Holenarasipur, first hit a motorcycle and a barricade before rammin...