NEW DELHI–At least 17 members of a wedding party including the bridegroom were killed on Tuesday when their vehicles were hit by a truck in southern India, a local report said.

Twelve people were declared dead at the scene and five other passengers died of their injuries in hospital, the Press Trust of India news agency reported, quoting local police in the state of Andhra Pradesh.

The accident happened when the truck driver lost control of his vehicle and rammed into two parked tractors with trailers carrying the wedding party, in Warangal district, 140 kilometres (almost 90 miles) from the state capital, Hyderabad.

About 20 people were also injured.

Road accidents are common in India, mainly caused by rash driving, poor maintenance of vehicles and overcrowding.

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