Nellore: Eleven pilgrims on the way to Sabarimala were injured in a road accident near Kovuru here in the wee hours of Saturday.
According to police, the Ayyappa devotees were travelling in a van which hit a lorry going on the highway in the rear around 2 a.m. The front portion of the van was fully damaged and the injured, who hail from Palasa and Kakinada, were rushed to the government hospital in Nellore.