New Delhi, July 29 -- Eighteen Kanwariyas lost their lives and several others were injured in a tragic road accident in Jharkhand's Deoghar district early Tuesday morning, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey said.

The incident occurred around 4:30 a.m. near the Jamuniya forest under Mohanpur police station limits, when a bus carrying the devotees collided with a vehicle transporting gas cylinders.

In a post on X, Dubey said, "In my Lok Sabha constituency of Deoghar, during the Kanwar Yatra in the month of Shravan, 18 devotees lost their lives due to a bus and truck accident."

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