Dewas (MP): Five members of a family,
including a woman, were killed and five others injured when
the vehicle carrying them collided with a stationary truck on
the Bhopal-Indore highway near Sonkatch town this morning,
police said.
The incident occurred when the victims were returning to
Umaria from Baroda along with the body of a relative, who had
died in a road accident, they said.
While two persons died on the spot, three succumbed to
their injuries en route to a hospital, police said.
The injured were undergoing treatment at Indore.
The body was kept in a separate vehicle which was
trailing the ill-fated vehicle, they said, adding the deceased
were identified as Nirmala (22), Krishnakant (20), Rajkumar
(22), Amul (26) and Bhushan (26).
A case has been registered and further investigations are
on.
PTI
