Priest, nun die in separate accidents

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A 73-year-old Dominican nun and a 36-year-old diocesan priest have died in tragic accidents at two different pa-rts of India.
Father Melvin Abraham Pallithazhathu of Bijnor diocese died January 19 when his vehicle fell into a gorge of 500 feet deep at Joshimath in the Chamoli district of the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. He had gone there with relief materials from the diocesan headquarters of Kotdwar, some 275 km southwest.
Sister Jussina Pulikkottle, OPSister Jussina Pulikkottle died January 16 when she fell on railway tracks near Bengaluru, southern India. Her funeral took place at 11 am on January 19.

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