Udaipur: Three members of a family from Banswara district were killed in a
road accident on Monday morning when the car they were travelling in rammed into a stationary truck on eight-lane Delhi-Mumbai expressway near Mandsaur in Madhya Pradesh. Three others travelling in the car were seriously injured.
The incident took place around 6am when the car with members of a family rammed into a stationary truck.
Two women occupants and a man were killed, and three other family members were grievously injured, said the police.
The family from Banswara’s Mohan Colony was traveling by car from Mandsaur via Ratlam towards Banswara. A truck was parked on the highway after its tyre burst. Due to fog and low visibility, the car rammed into the truck from behind. In the accident, Ruchi Upadhyay (55), Deepika Trivedi (42) died on the spot while Gopesh Upadhyay (57) died during treatment. Three others, including the driver who were seriously injured, were taken to Ratlam Medical College Hospital.