Lucknow: Six Kanwar devotees killed in Hathras truck collision Around 2.15 am today, the speeding truck rammed into the devotees. The Kanwar devotees were going to Gwalior from Haridwar.
The accident happened within Sadabad police station limits in Hathras. Five people died on the spot. One person died while being treated at the hospital. The police registered a case against the truck driver and started an investigation. An investigation is underway into the incident. We have received information about the driver and he will be nabbed soon,” ADGP Rajeev Krishna said.
During the month of ‘Shravana’, Shiv devotees perform the Kanwar Yatra on foot to places like Haridwar and Gaumukh in Uttarakhand to fetch water from the Ganga River.