Mumbai, May 29: Six members of a family, including three kids, were killed and one injured after the car they were travelling in plunged into a dry canal in Maharashtra's Sangli district on Wednesday, an official said. The fatal accident took place in the early hours in the Chinchani area, the police official said.

The victims were returning to Tasgaon in an Alto car after attending a birthday party in the Kavathe-Mahankal area when the vehicle rolled down to the dry bed of a canal, he said. Sangli Road Accident: Six of Family Returning From Birthday Party Killed As Car Falls Into Canal Near Tasgaon, Video Surfaces.

Sangli Road Accident

Rajendra Jagannath Patil (60), Sujata Patil (55), Priyanka Kharade (30), Dhruva (3), Rajivi (2), and one-year-old Kartiki were killed in the accident. Swapnali Bhosale (30), who sustained injuries, was rushed to the hospital, he said, adding that the Tasgaon police have registered an accidental death report (ADR).