Jammu : A truck carrying Amarnath pilgrims fell into a gorge
in Kashmir, killing 16, police say.The worshippers were returning from
Amarnath cave, the site of an annual pilgrimage, when the incident
happened in Samba district late on Thursday.
Sixteen other pilgrims travelling in the truck were injured. They
were taken to a local hospital. Hindus revere Amarnath as the abode of
the god Shiva.
This is the second major incident involving pilgrims returning from
the Amarnath cave this month. On 14 July, 15 pilgrims were killed when
a passenger bus returning from the pilgrimage plunged into a gorge
near Ramban on a mountain road.
The pilgrims set off from the state's winter capital, Jammu, for
Pahalgam, which serves as base camp for the 45km trek to the cave,
4,000m above sea level.
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