At least 22 members of a wedding party were killed when the
vehicle they were traveling in crashed into a truck in
Another 26 people were injured in the accident in Adilabad
district, located some 250 km north of state capital
"Twenty-two people were killed when the van carrying 49 passengers headed to a wedding function, collided head-on with a speeding truck," said police official Ashok Kumar.
"While 15 people were killed on the scene, seven others succumbed to their injuries at the hospital," Kumar added.
Six of the injured were in a critical condition.
Government data shows that more than 110,000 people are killed in traffic accidents in