Six people were killed on Monday and five others injured when a goods train rammed into a truck at an unmanned railway crossing in Bikaner district in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, said Press Trust of India.

The victims were pilgrims on their way to Ramdevra Temple in Jaisalmer district from Rawla in Sri Ganganagar district when the incident occurred.

The truck was crossing the railway line at an unmanned railway crossing when it was hit by the goods train killing four on the spot. Two others succumbed to injuries in a hospital.