A BJP member of parliament from Deoghar district in Jharkhand, informed that at least 18 Kanwariyas were killed during the bus and truck accident in his Lok Sabha constituency of Deoghar while they were travelling during the Kanwar Yatra in the month of Shravan.
"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," Dubey wrote on X.
The accident occurred when a bus carrying Kanwariyas collided with a truck carrying gas cylinders near Jamuniya forest, within Mohanpur police station limits. It occurred in the early hours of Tuesday, July 29, at around 4.30 am, when all bus passengers were asleep.
Visuals From Accident Site
The district administration transported injured passengers to the nearby hospital. The bus carrying devotees from Bihar collided head-on with a truck and lost control and crashed into a pile of bricks. According to the SDO, Ravi Kumar, the 32-seater bus, which collided at around 4 to 5 am on Tuesday, lost control and collided with a truck carrying gas cylinders. The injured has been admitted to Sadar Hospital.