A kanwariya was killed while 13 others suffered burn injuries after a canter truck, they were travelling in, came in contact with an overhead live wire in Haryana on Sunday.
The victims — all kanwariyas — were going to Haridwar in Uttarakhand as part of the Kanwar Yatra to collect holy water from the Ganga river, police said, PTI reported.
The incident took place in the Nawada area. All the kanwariyas were admitted to a hospital with burn injuries.
Nitin, 20, a resident of Tigaon, was referred to another hospital where doctors declared him dead, police said.
The Kanwar Yatra began on July 22 this year.