Three members of a family, including two women, were killed in a road accident, when their car rammed into a truck parked roadside at Bhopal-Indore highway near Ashta in Sehore district on Thursday.
The accident took place at Pagaria Ghati while the family was on its way to Indore in the car. The impact of the collision smashed the car into pieces and later machines were used to remove the car and the injured. The injured were rushed to a nearby hospital where the three were declared dead while two others sustained severe injuries.
The deceased were identified as Prakash Kanungo (62), his wife Chaya Kanungo (53) and their daughter-in-law Surbhi Kanungo (30) while Surbhi's husband Abhisek (35) and nephew Akshat (10) were severely injured and later they were referred to Indore for further treatment. Town Inspector (TI) of Astha police station BD Veera said that the car was moving towards Indore from Bhopal and at around 7 am their car
The collision proved fatal for three members of the family while the two survived are in a critical condition.
The family was on its way home in the car after attending a marriage in Satna and boarded off at Bhopal railway station from Rewanchal Express. The car was parked at Bhopal railway station.
The deceased Surbhi got married around three years ago to Abhisek and used to stay with her husband and in-laws at Raipur in Chhattisgarh and around two years ago they shifted to Indore. The family used car to travel to Bhopal from Indore and later took train to Satna and while their return journey they met accident.
After the preliminary investigation, the police registered a case under section 174 of the CrPC and have started investigation.