Five persons including two women were killed while a six-year-old boy was critically injured when their car collided head-on with a tanker in Churu district.
The six persons, all residents of Haryana, were returning home after offering prayer at Salasar Temple when the speeding tanker rammed into their car near Ramnagar crossing on Churu bypass.
Shakuntala Yadav (67), Ramavtar Yadav (50), Virendra Yadav (54) and his wife Rekha Bai (48) died on spot while Saurabh Yadav (25) died while undergoing treatment.
Six-year-old Gaurav Yadav was referred to Hisar district for treatment, Churu Sadar police said.
The bodies were handed over to family members for last rites after post-mortem.
The driver of the tanker fled from the spot and has been booked under IPC sections 279 (rash driving or riding on a public way), 337 (causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others), and 304(a) (causing death by negligence).
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