Police say at least 40 Hindu pilgrims die after flatbed trailer falls into pond in India

LUCKNOW, India — A flatbed trailer carrying pilgrims to a Hindu temple overturned and fell into a roadside pond in northern India, killing at least 40 people Monday, police said.

At least 12 people were injured in the accident in Ballia district in Uttar Pradesh state, police official Brij Lal said.

The pilgrims were riding on the flatbed trailer pulled by a farm tractor on their way to a temple to mark the Hindu festival of Janashtami, the traditional anniversary of Lord Krishna's birth, Lal said.

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Thomas Erdbrink 22 Aug, 2011

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