India, Nov. 9 -- At least seven people were killed and 14 others injured after a speeding trailer rammed into a stationary passenger vehicle in Jharkhand's Hazaribagh on Monday. The accident took place at around 10:30 am near Mahanetand cut when the vehicle carrying 19 people, including the driver, was on way for the last rites of a family member.

The victims belonged to Salaiyatand village under Biharo panchayat of Bagodar block in Giridih district. They were travelling to Varanasi with the body of 90-year-old Kunjo Prajapati, who had died on Sunday. His family had decided to fulfil his wish of performing his last rites in Varanasi.

According to police, the passenger vehicle had stopped by the roadside to tighten the rope securing the ...