The accident occurred near Sarangpur town at around 5.30 am when seven members of the family from Dholpur in Rajasthan were travelling to Ujjain to visit the Mahakal Temple.
According to Sarangpur police station in-charge Rahul Raghuvanshi, the car rammed into a dumper parked on the roadside in front of an eatery near Mau on the Agra-Mumbai National Highway.
An elderly woman, her son and daughter-in-law travelling in the car died on the spot. Two others, including the car driver, sustained serious injuries, while two children escaped unhurt, the official said.
The deceased were identified as Soma Trivedi, 65, her son Ankur, 42, and his wife Archana, 40.
The deceased couple’s sons, aged 10 and 14, were sitting on the rear seat of the car and did not suffer any injuries, police said.
The injured persons were admitted to Shajapur District Hospital for treatment. The bodies were sent to Sarangpur Civil Hospital for post-mortem, police added.
The accident left three members of the family dead, while the two injured persons were hospitalised and the two children survived without injuries.
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