India, Feb. 6 -- Three people have died, and over 40 devotees heading to attend the Mahakumbh in Prayagraj have been injured in two separate highway accidents in Bharatpur and Kanpur, police said on Thursday.

A truck rammed into a car carrying four devotees on the Bharatpur-Karauli state highway near Kurwriya village in Rajasthan, killing three devotees on Wednesday night, said Bayana Sadar police station in-charge Krishanveer Singh. He added that three others sustained injuries.

"A police team reached the spot and took all of them to a hospital in Bayana, where three were declared dead on arrival by the doctors. Three others, including the truck and cab drivers, are undergoing treatment in the hospital," the officer said.

The deceased...