2 pilgrims die, 30 hurt in Una truck accident

Shimla: Two people died and 30 others were injured when a truck carrying pilgrims from

Mairi Mela

overturned at

Panjoa

in the Amb subdivision of

Una

district around 10.30am on Monday. All these pilgrims were from Taran Taran district of Punjab.Those rescued from the accident site are under treatment at Amb’s civil hospital. After the

Mairi

fair was over, they were on their way home on Monday morning when the driver lost control of the truck near the Thatthal petrol pump and fell 20 feet off the road’s edge. The pilgrims had come to the Mairi fair on March 9 and had camped near Kujjasar. After the accident, Una deputy commissioner Raghav Sharma reached the hospital. tnn
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