India, Nov. 23 -- Three pilgrims were killed and 12 others injured after an overloaded Bolero jeep overturned following a tyre burst near Andur Phata on the Solapur-Hyderabad highway at around 11.30am on Saturday. The passengers, comprising residents of Ulegaon in South Solapur and their relatives from Hadapsar in Pune, were on their way to the Khandoba temple in Naldurg when the incident took place.

According to the police, one of the front tyres of the cruiser jeep (MH 24/VH 4948) burst unexpectedly, causing the driver to lose control. The vehicle veered off its lane, crashed and overturned with severe force, leaving its one section crushed. Eyewitnesses said the impact was so severe that passengers were thrown against metal frames, wo...