Silchar, Nov 11 (TIWN) At least ten Chhath Puja devotees, mostly children and women, were killed when an autorickshaw, carrying them, collided with a truck in southern Assam's Karimganj district on Thursday, police said.

The accident took place at NH-8 in the Karimganj district of Assam.  "Most of the people killed in the accident were children and female. They were traveling back to their home in an autorickshaw after performing Chhath Puja. The truck which was coming from the opposite direction collided head-on with the auto-rickshaw. Nine people died on the spot and one person was taken to hospital in a serious condition," said a police official. The person, who was taken to the hospital, later died of his injuries.  The dead include three men, five women, and two children.