GORAKHPUR, Feb. 22 -- Three Nepalese pilgrims, including two women, were killed and seven others sustained severe injuries when an SUV returning from Prayagraj collided with a tractor-trolley near Bansgaon on the Link Expressway late Friday night.

SP South Jitendra Kumar confirmed that the deceased-Harhar Devi (42), Vakalani Devi (41) and Parashuram (45)-died on the spot. The injured were immediately rushed to the district hospital by Bansgaon police personnel.

Officials reported that the victims were residents of Balva Chowk in Nepal's Kanchanpur district and were returning from Prayagraj after taking a holy dip. Police informed their relatives in Nepal, who arrived in Gorakhpur on Saturday afternoon to collect the bodies after postmor...