Three killed, four hurt after 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 took place near a temple under Kasa police station limits at 11.45am when the car with seven members of a family was on its way from Mumbai to Bhilad in Gujarat's Valsad district, the official said. Police said the accident occurred on a bridge about a kilometre north of Shree Mahalaxmi Mandir near Charoti.
"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-year-old Snehal Rathod," said Palghar police spokesperson Sachin Navadkar. No case has been registered as yet as police have not taken the statements of the injured owing to their medical condition, he added.