Maharashtra: 5 of family killed as car hits parked container truck on Pune- Bengaluru national highway

KOLHAPUR: Five members of a family died on the spot after their car hit a parked container truck on Pune-Bengaluru national highway on Saturday.
The accident took place at around 4pm near Kasegaon village in Valva taluka of Maharashtra's Sangli district.
All the deceased belonged to Jaysingpur in Kolhapur district.
According to police, the deceased family had left Pimpri-Chinchwad for Jaisingpur in their car on Saturday noon. At Yeolewadi phata near Kasegaon, the car hit the parked container in which all the five occupants died on the spot.
The deceased have been identified as Arinjay Annaso Shirote (35), Smita Abhinandan Shirote (38), Purva Abhinandan Shirote (14), Sunisha Abhinandan Shirote (9) and Viren Abhinandan Shirote (4).
The deceased were taken to sub-district hospital at Islampur immediately but were declared brought dead by doctors.
Arinjay Shirote was a navy personal.
The accident caused traffic congestion on the national highway for a brief period but Kasegaon police rushed to the spot and streamlined the traffic flow.