A van carrying 12 pilgrims collided with a bus on Pokran by-pass leaving five persons dead on the spot last night.
The victims were retuning home after offering prayers at Baba Ramdev temple, police said.
The pilgrims were rushed to a government hospital where five were declared dead.
Meanwhile, a woman was mowed down by a speeding truck yesterday when she along with her husband was on way to Ramdevra, police said, adding, two others were injured in the incident.