Four persons including two minors were killed and six others injured when their car rammed into a tree in Jashpur district in Chhattisgarh, police said on Monday.
The accident took place when they were returning from a New Year picnic at the Gutta waterfall on Sunday, Jashpur Superintendent of Police D. Ravishankar said.
The deceased were Anil Singh, his son Mohit (8), Jayanti (46) and 11-month-old girl Venisha, he said.
The vehicle driver lost control over the steering at a sharp turn between the Guttu waterfall and Bene dam, resulting in the accident.
Singh died on the spot and the others succumbed to injuries during treatment, the officer said.
The injured, including vehicle driver, were rushed to a hospital in Kunkuri. Two of them were referred to a hospital in Ranchi in Jharkhand for better treatment.