Three killed as car hits road-divider in Gujarat

Three persons were killed

and two others injured when a car met with an accident in Gujarat's Surendranagar district on Sunday morning, police said.

The car driver apparently lost control over the wheels, following which the vehicle hit a road-divider at Shangani village near Chotila on Ahmedabad-Rajkot National Highway, they said.

Three car occupants, including a woman, died on the spot, an official at Chotila police station official said.

Two others, including a five-year-old girl, sustained injuries in the mishap, he said.

The victims hailed from Jamnagar and were on their way to Palanpur in Banaskantha district, the police said.