Five members of a family, including three children, were today killed when a truck collided with their car near Aliganj village in Madhya Pradesh's Raisen district, police said.
"The family members of Ashiq Mansoori, a resident of Pipariya in Hoshangabad district, were returning today afternoon from their native Udaipura town after celebrating Eid when the accident occurred," said Bareli Police Station in charge S S Mukati.
He said that six persons were travelling in the car and only one woman survived, but with grievous injuries.
The driver of the car died on the spot and three children and one woman died while being moved to hospital, Mukati said.
A case has been registered and efforts were on to nab the truck driver who fled the scene, he said.
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