India, Aug. 13 -- Eleven pilgrims, including seven children and four women, were killed after the pick-up truck they were travelling in collided with a container early Wednesday morning in Dausa district of Rajasthan, the police said.

The accident took place near Bapi village on Lalsot-Manoharpur national highway, under Sainthal police station limits.

Dausa superintendent of police Sagar Rana said the pilgrims, hailing from Etah in Uttar Pradesh, were returning from Khatu Shyam temple when the accident took place.

All the injured were rushed to the district hospital, where doctors declared 11 of them dead on arrival. Nine injured were referred to Jaipur since their condition was said to be critical, Rana said.

There were two pick-up t...