Four members of a family, including three children, were killed and three others injured on Monday when their car fell off a bridge in Latur district of Maharashtra, police said.
According to a police officer, the family was returning to Nilanga town in Latur district from Pune after attending a wedding when the accident occurred on the Latur-Gulbarga national highway at 7 a.m.
The deceased comprised a 27-year-old man and three children, two of whom were 10 years old and one of whom was 15 years old.
“Prima facie, the driver lost his control of the wheel following which the car overturned and fell off a bridge,” assistant police inspector Nana Linge told PTI.
The injured persons, including a 10-year-old girl and a 40-year-old woman, were admitted to a private hospital in Latur city. The deceased and injured are residents of Nilanga and adjoining villages.