India, June 8 -- AURANGABAD/ARWAL Thirteen people, including three pilgrims from Andhra Pradesh, lost their lives and 31 others were injured in five road accidents in Aurangabad and Arwal districts of Bihar, police said on Monday.

In the first accident, three pilgrims, including two women, were killed and 18 injured after a bus carrying 38 pilgrims from AP rammed into an iron rods-laden truck parked at a roadside eatery on NH-19 under Mufassil police station area of Aurangabad district early on Monday, police said.

SHO Ashok Kumar said that the bus was going to Ayodhya from Gaya when the driver dozed off. The collision was so severe that the bus was completely mangled. Chavadam Hajratya Theta (50), Padma (43) and Pulleti Venkateshwarulu...