MEERUT, Oct. 17 -- Five people, including four members of a family, were killed and three others seriously injured when a Maruti Eeco car crashed into a tree in Bulandshahr district on Friday afternoon. The victims were travelling from Kasganj to offer prayers at the Belon Mata temple in Narora when the accident occurred. Preliminary information suggests that the driver may have dozed off, causing the car to go out of control, officials said.

The accident took place near Ratanpur village in the Narora police station area of Dibai tehsil at around 2 pm on October 16, approximately 40 km from the district headquarters. Eight people were travelling in the car. The impact was so severe that the front portion of the vehicle was badly crushed,...