<br/>16members of a marriage party, including 13 women, have been killed when the van they were traveling in collided with a lorry at Palacode near Dharmapuri last night.<br/> <br/>Police said that the occupants were on their way from Belrampatti village to Bommidi when the mishap occurred .<br/> <br/>Highway patrol police and fire service personnel from Palacode rushed to the spot and began operations to extricate the bodies and rush the injured to hospital.<br/>