Umaria, July 9 -- At least four people were killed and one woman sustained critical injuries after the car they were travelling in rammed into a parked truck on National Highway-43 in Madhya Pradesh's Umaria district, police said.

The accident occurred near Siddh Baba temple, Bharola under the jurisdiction of Kotwali police station in the district in the early hours of Thursday at around 3 am. Upon receiving the information, the police rushed to spot and sent the bodies and injured to the hospital.

Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP), Alok Sharma said, "At around 3 am today, a family from Anuppur was travelling by car for a family-related work near Siddh Baba Dham in Bharola village, located between Umaria and Katni. On the way, t...