Two women pilgrims were killed and 16 others injured today when a pick-up van in which they were travelling rammed into a trailer at Gajole in Malda district.
The women died on the spot early this morning today near Adina on NH-34 when the driver lost control, the police said.
The injured were admitted to Malda Sadar hospital where the condition of five of them were said serious.
A group of 18 pilgrims were returning from Deoghar and were going home in North Dinajpur.
