Five people were killed when a speeding car rammed into a roadside tree at Patilwadi in Palghar district, nearly 100 kms away from Mumbai, on Wednesday.
The deceased were identified as Nilesh Tamore, 25, a resident of Tarapur; Kiran Parshuram Paghdare, 30, a resident of Vadrai; Dipesh Paghdare, 24, from Satpati; Viraj Arjun Vetal, 25, a resident of Palghar; and Santosh Vaman Bahiram, 37, a resident of Khanpada, Palghar. As per reports, they were all returning from Vadrai after attending a wedding reception.
The Satpati police station has registered a case of an accident. The five bodies were taken to a government hospital in Palghar for post-mortem.