![\"5](\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2022-08\/rbm5tbt8_do-not-cross-police-generic_625x300_23_August_22.jpg\"\/ "\\"5")
<\/div>\nA case has been registered and further investigation is underway.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Umaria: <\/b><\/p>\n
Five persons were killed when the car they were travelling in rammed into a tree alongside the national highway in Umaria district of Madhya Pradesh in the early hours of Monday, police said.<\/p>\n
The incident occurred near Majhgava village on the national highway number 43 under the Ghunghuti Police post area at around 3 am, an official said.<\/p>\n
Assistant Sub Inspector Shailendra Chaturvedi said five persons were travelling in the car headed to Shahdol from Umaria when the collision occurred.<\/p>\n
He said three occupants of the car died on the spot while two others succumbed to their injuries on the way to the hospital.<\/p>\n
All the victims were aged between 30 to 35 years. Most of them were government employees, he added.<\/p>\n
A case has been registered and further investigation is underway.\u00a0<\/p>\n
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n