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, trapping the occupants inside. Police reached the spot after receiving information and rescued the injured passengers. All eight occupants were taken by ambulance to the Community Health Centre (CHC) in Dibai, where doctors declared five of them dead. Three seriously injured passengers were referred to Aligarh Medical College for advanced treatment. The deceased were identified as Ramdeen Rajput (50), his son Lokendra (26), his one-year-old granddaughter Pragati, his elder daughter-in-law Babita (36), and the driver, Shiv Shekhar Mishra (55). Eyewitnesses said the car was travelling at more than 100 kmph before the crash. Dibai sub-divisional magistrate Ravikant Chaubey said eight people were injured in the accident and taken to the Dibai CHC, where five were declared dead. The three injured were referred to Aligarh Medical College for further treatment. All the occupants belonged to Daheli Buzurg village in Kasganj district, he said. He had three sons. His elder sons, Praveen and Sanjay, lived in Delhi, while his youngest son, Lokendra, alias Tinku, lived in the village. Ramdeen also had three daughters, two of whom were married. The family had left home at around 7 am on Friday to offer prayers at Sarvamangala Mata temple, popularly known as Belon Mata temple, in Belon village near Narora in Bulandshahr district. Those travelling in the car included Ramdeen, Lokendra, Lokendra's wife Lalita (20), his elder sister-in-law Babita, his nephew Prateek, and his nieces Anika (11) and Pragati (one). Shiv Shekhar Mishra, who was also from the village, was driving the vehicle. Lalita, who was injured in the accident, said her husband worked as a delivery agent. The family had first visited Khadrawad in Kannauj and was subsequently travelling to Belon Mata temple when the car suddenly crashed into a tree. Officiating District Magistrate Nisha Grewal said preliminary information suggested that the driver had dozed off, causing the vehicle to go out of control and hit the tree. "Eight people were injured in the accident. They were taken to the Dibai CHC, where doctors declared five of them dead. The remaining three were referred to Aligarh Medical College for better treatment," Grewal said. The injured had sustained different injuries, including abdominal and head injuries, according to the initial medical assessment shared by the district administration. The three survivors were undergoing treatment at Aligarh Medical College. Police are investigating the circumstances leading to the accident, and further legal proceedings are underway, officials said....