Out-of-control truck kills 13 at Hindu festival in India

France 24 Sunday 18 October 2026, 11:14 UTC By FRANCE24 1 min read

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To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Out-of-control truck kills 13 at Hindu festival in India Issued on: Share A speeding truck in India killed 13 people when it ploughed into a crowd at a Hindu festival, officials said on Sunday, with President Droupadi Murmu describing the deaths as "heartbreaking".

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