India, Nov. 2 -- At least 15 people returning from a religious pilgrimage were killed, and two were injured after a mini-bus rammed a parked truck in Rajasthan's Phalodi district.

The bus, full of pilgrims, was returning to Sursagar in Jodhpur from Bikaner when the accident occurred near Matoda village on the Bharat Mala Highway in Phalodi district, approximately 400 kilometres from the state capital, Jaipur.

The victims had also visited Kolayat in Bikaner.

"Fifteen passengers died, while two others sustained serious injuries. The injured were first taken to a hospital in Osian for primary treatment and later referred to Jodhpur," Jodhpur Police Commissioner Om Prakash told PTI.

All the bodies have been kept in the mortuary of the Osi...