At least 11 people fatally electrocuted when truck hits power line at Hindu festival in India

New Delhi — Eleven people were electrocuted to death when their truck, decorated as a temple chariot, touched an overhead electric power transmission line during a Hindu festival procession in southern India, police said. Two children were among the dead, the Reuters news agency reports.

The New Delhi Television channel said the truck, crowded with devotees, caught fire from the electric spark.

Reuters says the truck was nine-feet high, adding that Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted his condolences to families of those killed.