71 wedding guests killed in accident

NEW DELHI - A truck carrying guests to a wedding party fell into a gorge in northern India killing at least 71 people, news agencies…

NEW DELHI - A truck carrying guests to a wedding party fell into a gorge in northern India killing at least 71 people, news agencies said yesterday.

Seventy people were killed in the accident and one person died on the way to hospital, the Press Trust of India (PTI) said. The dead included many children.

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