India, Dec. 23 -- Three members of a family were killed after a speeding car rammed the motorcycle they were travelling on in Nuh on Monday afternoon, police said.

The deceased were identified as Asini, 72; her daughter-in-law Nijrabi, 45; and Nijrabi's minor son Mohammad Sakif, 15, all residents of Adbar village in Nuh, police said. They added that the impact was so severe that the trio were flung 20 to 25 feet into the air and died on the spot.

Investigators said Sakif had taken his mother and grandmother to the main market in Nuh city on a motorcycle for household purchases and was returning home when the collision took place on the Hodal-Nuh road between 1pm and 1.15pm.

Police said Sakif did not have a driving licence, and it was s...