Jhunjhunu: A speeding car rammed into a truck in Churu, killing six people, including five members of the same family. A 9-month-old girl was critically injured.Six people, including five members of a family and the driver, died after their speeding car rammed a truck from behind on Dadrewa-Tara Nagar road in Churu district on Saturday morning. A 9-month-old girl was seriously injured.The impact left the car wedged under the truck, crushing its roof.An accident involving a family travelling to a temple in Gurugram, Haryana, occurred in Dadrewa area of Sadulpur on Saturday morning.Bhanwar Lal Sharma (60), a resident of Somsisar village in Taranagar tehsil of Churu district, was travelling with his family to the temple of family deity ‘Gurugram Wali Mata’ for the mundan ceremony of Kanhaiya (4) and Divyanshi (9).Somsisar residents Bhanwar Lal Sharma (60), his wife Mahendra Devi (55), daughter-in-law Kavita (28), Sandeep’s wife, Yashoda (34), Sanjay’s wife, Kavita’s 4-month-old son Kanhaiya, and car driver Mangilal Nai (31) were killed in the accident.Yashoda’s 9-month-old daughter Divyanshi was seriously injured and referred after primary treatment.Eyewitness Ramkaran Puniya said he was standing at a nearby petrol pump when a speeding car crashed into a truck ahead. The impact sounded like an explosion, he said. People nearby rushed to help and alerted police and an ambulance.Superintendent of Police Nishchay Prasad M inspected the spot after receiving information about the accident. Police are investigating, while the bodies have been kept in the hospital mortuary.Bhanwar Lal Sharma’s younger brother, Mangilal, reached Sadulpur after learning about the accident. He said his nephews, Sanjay and Sandeep, worked in private jobs in Gujarat, while the family lived in the village. The accident turned the family’s joy of visiting its deity into mourning and caused grief across the village.
