4 Kumbh pilgrims, including two from Bihar, killed as car crashes into house

PRAYAGRAJ: Four Kumbh pilgrims - two each from Bihar and Jharkhand - died, and five others were injured after their speeding SUV crashed into a house on Pratapgarh-Ayodhya highway in Uttar Pradesh's Pratapgarh district en route to Ayodhya from Prayagraj on Tuesday night.
The latest casualties took the death toll in accidents involving devotees heading to or returning from the world's biggest religious congregation to 218.
The deceased were identified as Raju Singh (25) and Abhishek Kumar Singh (24) from Bihar; Saurabh (26) and driver Abhishek Ojha (30) from Jharkhand.
Police said a group of seven devotees was travelling to Ayodhya from Prayagraj after taking a holy dip in the Sangam, when around 2.20am, the SUV driver lost control of the vehicle which veered off the highway and slammed into a house.