The mishap took place around 2 am when the driver lost control of the vehicle and it overturned and plunged into a ditch killing the four pilgrims on the spot and injured 17 others, they said.

The bodies have been sent for post-mortem and the injured

were admitted to various hospital's for medical treatment.

The pilgrims, natives of Jharkhand's Giridih district, were going to a religious place at Sultanganj in Bihar's Bhagalpur district, the sources added.

  

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First Published: Jun 30 2012 | 12:35 PM IST

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