India, Nov. 13 -- Seven people were killed after a car got crushed between two container trucks that caught fire on a bridge along the Mumbai-Bengaluru Highway on the outskirts of Pune city on Thursday.

Officials said eight to ten people were also injured in the accident on the Navale Bridge. The accident occurred when a container truck lost control and rammed into multiple vehicles near Navale Bridge on the Pune-Bengaluru Highway.

"As per preliminary information, five people died, while eight to 10 others were injured in the accident. The injured were rushed to a hospital," a police officer told PTI.

Several videos of the accident surfaced on the internet showing the car engulfed in huge flame.

"We are probing how the accident happen...