Dehradun, Nov. 14 -- One person was killed and 13 others injured after two vehicles collided head-on on the Badrinath national highway in Tehri Garhwal's Devprayag on Friday, police said. Six of the injured, who sustained serious injuries, were referred to a higher medical centre in Srinagar. The deceased was identified as Madan Lal Bhatt, 69, a resident of Syalangi village in Pauri Garhwal district. He was travelling in a local Ertiga taxi when the accident occurred. Senior superintendent of police Tehri Garhwal Shweta Choubey said the accident took place around 3 km from Devprayag police station, near Hotel Ganga Darshan towards Teen Dhara. A Punjab-registered Mahindra Scorpio travelling from Ludhiana towards Badrinath collided head-on with the taxi. Following a Dial 112 alert, police rushed to the spot and shifted the injured to the Community Health Centre in Devprayag. Doctors declared Bhatt dead on arrival, while the others were taken to Srinagar. Police said seven members of an extended family from Ludhiana and Ghaziabad travelling in the Scorpio escaped with minor injuries. The taxi was also carrying seven people, including Bhatt, all residents of Pauri Garhwal. "Preliminary probe indicates that reckless driving by the SUV driver caused the crash...," Choubey said. htc...