India, Oct. 13 -- A 28-year-old woman and her four-year-old son were killed while her husband and seven-year-old son were injured on Monday, when a speeding tanker crashed into the two-wheeler on which the family was travelling to the Jeevdani temple in Virar West.

According to the police, the family comprising Dharmendra Pal, 30, his wife Kavita Pal, 28, and their sons Aariv and Ayansh, aged four and seven years respectively, resided in the Jeevan Nagar area of Nalasopara East. On Monday morning, all four set out to visit the Jeevdani temple on a two-wheeler.

Around 9am, when they were near Kopri Naka, a speeding water tanker rammed into their two-wheeler from behind, causing all four to fall on the road.

"Their four-year-old son was ...