Five killed in car-truck collision in Jhajjar

Five persons, including four of a family, were killed when their car collided with a truck near Raiya village in Haryana's Jhajjar district on Wednesday morning, police said.

Among those killed were a couple and their two minor children, a Jhajjar Police official said.

All the five people were returning from Delhi to their village Kasni in Jhajjar after attending a marriage, he said.

He said there were light rains in the area where the accident occurred.

The truck driver fled after the accident and a case has been registered in this connection, the police officer said.