India, Feb. 13 -- A 55-year-old woman and her 38-year-old daughter, travelling with three other family members in a car, died when their car collided with a stationary truck near the MCD toll plaza on National Highway 9 (NH 9) in Ghazipur on Thursday morning, police said. An initial investigation suggests the driver had fallen asleep at the wheel, they said.

The impact of the collision was such that the mother, identified as Neelam Garg, who was seated on the back, was thrown out of the vehicle, while the daughter, Deepanjali, who was seated in the front passenger's seat, was crushed and stuck to the vehicle. The car was completely mangled on its front-left side.

Police said the family was returning from Dehradun and was on their way to...