Three persons, including two minor girls, were killed and seven others sustained injuries when the car in which they were travelling rammed into a tree along the roadside in Chhattisgarh's Jashpur district, police said.
The 10 persons, including the car's driver, were returning from a picnic at Kailash Gufa (cave) in the district when their speeding vehicle hit the tree near Charaidand village last evening according to Kunkuri's sub-divisional officer of police (SDOP) Arjun Kurre.
As per preliminary information, two families had gone for a picnic to Kailash Gufa in the car which was a sport utility vehicle (SUV), the SDOP said.
While they were returning to Jashpur town, the driver of the SUV lost control over the wheels following which the vehicle rammed into the tree, killing three persons on the spot, he said.
The deceased were identified as Soncharan Singh Rajput, an employee of the Jashpur district and sessions court, his daughter Sakshi Rajput (11), and his colleague's daughter Gunjan Paikra (6), the police official said.
The seven injured persons, including the driver, were admitted to a local hospital, he said.
A case was registered in this connection, the SDOP said. And said that further investigation is on.