At least 14 people were killed and more than 40 injured when a loaded lorry ploughed into worshippers waiting outside a temple near Gwalior in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh in the early hours of Sunday, The Hindu reports, citing officials.
Police said the vehicle, carrying paddy and bound for Punjab, ran down a steep slope at about 1.30am, broke through barricades and struck a wall by the Sheetla Mata temple gate. The driver, who told police the brakes had failed, and the owner have been arrested. Officers are investigating how the lorry entered an area closed to traffic. Chief Minister Mohan Yadav ordered a detailed inquiry, transferred a senior police officer and suspended eight others. Several of the injured are in a critical condition.
Source: The Hindu
Photo: Gwalior fort side view 001 by Suyash Dwivedi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Illustrative image of Gwalior.