Maharashtra: 3 dead, 4 injured as Gujarat-bound car hits truck in Palghar

PALGHAR: Three persons, including an infant, died and four were injured after their car smashed into a truck from the rear on Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway in Maharashtra's Palghar district on Sunday, a police official said.
The accident occurred at around 11:45am near a temple in the jurisdiction of the Kasa police station. The car, which was carrying seven members of a single family, was traveling from Mumbai to Bhilad in Valsad district, Gujarat at the time of the crash.
"The deceased have been identified as Narottam Rathod (65), his son Ketan Rathod (32), kin one-year-old Aarvi Rathod. The injured persons are Deepesh Rathod (35), who was driving the car, Tejal Rathod (32), Madhu Rathod (58) and two-and-half-year old Snehal Rathod," Palghar police spokesperson Sachin Navadkar told PTI.
No case has been registered as yet as police have not taken the statements of the injured owing to their medical condition, he added.
(With inputs from PTI)