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Dozens of Hindu pilgrims are killed when a bus crash triggers a stampede in Kerala state. Casualties of a deadly bus crash followed by a stampede resulted in massive casualties in southern India.As many as 100 Hindu pilgrims lost their lives when the bus carrying some of them from a shrine in Kerala state ran out of control and into bystanders on the roadside. That in turn triggered a stampede as people tried to flee to safety. The bus plunged into a deep gorge where dense forest and narrow roads are making rescue operations difficult. The pilgrims were returning from the Sabarimala shrine on Friday at the end of an annual religious festival when the accident happened.
