Karnal, Sept. 30 -- Six people, including five from a family, died in a head-on collision between two cars near Ghararsi village of Kurukshetra district on Monday morning, police said.

Adarsh police station in-charge Dinesh Singh said the accident occurred around 7 am and is believed to have been caused by speeding.

He said the impact was so severe that both the vehicles were reduced to a mangled mess. Local residents had to cut open the car doors to rescue the trapped passengers.

The deceased were identified as Praveen, Suman, Rajendra, his brother Pawan, his wife Urmila and their daughter Vanshika. All were residents of Bubka village in Ambala.

They were travelling in a Maruti Swift from Yamunanagar to Kaithal, to attend the cremati...