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3 of a Maharashtra family killed in road accident in Ratlam, 5 injured

INDORE: Three persons were killed and five, including two children, were critically injured when an SUV they were travelling in collided with a truck in Ratlam district of Madhya Pradesh on Friday.

The accident took place in the early hours today when the family of one Shafeeq Sheikh, 45, a resident of Bhivandi in Maharashtra, was returning after offering prayers at Ajmer dargah , police said.



Sleep overcame the SUV driver , Noor Sheikh, forcing the vehicle on the wrong side of the road, they said, adding the SUV collided with a truck killing Shafeeq’s wife Alisha, father Salim and relative Rahim, on the spot.

The injured, Shafeeq, his mother Jannat Bi, daughter Alfiya (10), son Arshad (8) and Noor Sheikh, were rushed to a hospital for treatment.

Ironically, Shafeeq’s one-and-half-year-old daughter, Aheel, had a miraculous escape. She did not receive even a scratch during the accident, police said.

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