A truck collided with a jeep on a highway 120 km from Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh on Monday, killing 14 pilgrims on their way to a Muslim shrine, police said.
Those killed included three couples and three children, superintendent of police B L Sujata Rao said.
They were going to a Muslim religious shrine in Nizamabad district, he said.
The powerful head-on collision killed all 14 people, including the jeep driver, on the spot, police said.
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