Koderma (Jharkhand) | At least three 'kanwariyas' from Nepal, including a 10-year-old boy, were killed and 10 others were injured when a bus carrying the pilgrims rammed into a stationary truck in Jharkhand's Koderma district on Friday, police said.

The accident took place at Pokhradih in Satgawan police station area around 4.30 am, an officer said.

"At least three 'kanwariyas' were killed and 10 others were injured in the accident. The injured persons have been admitted to a local hospital," Satgawan police station in-charge Bablu Kumar told PTI.

He said the bus carrying 45 pilgrims from Nepal's Rautahat district was returning to the Himalayan country after the devotees offered prayers at Baba Baidyanath Dham in Deoghar district and visited Basukinath Dham in Dumka.

Kumar said the bus was on its way to Bihar's Rajgir en route to Nepal, when the driver dozed off on the wheel and hit the stationary truck from behind.

A 10-year-old boy, identified as Shivam Kumar, was among the deceased, while the process to identify the other two adults was underway, he added