NEW DELHI: At least Five Kanwar Yatra pilgrims were electrocuted to death and three others sustained injuries in Jharkhand‘s Latehar district on Thursday morning when their vehicle came into contact with a high-tension overhead wire.
The incident occurred at Tam Tam Tola in the Balumath police station area around 3am.
The pilgrims were returning from Baba Baidyanath temple in Deoghar when their vehicle hit an electricity pole.This caused the high-tension wire to fall on their vehicle.
“A high-tension overhead wire fell on their vehicle. Five people were killed and three others injured,” said Balumath sub-divisional police officer Ashutosh Kumar Satyam.
The injured have been admitted to a hospital.