MUMBAI, April 14 -- Eleven people, including three women, were killed when a speeding taxi carrying 11 passengers collided head-on with a ready-mix concrete (RMC) truck on the Panjar bridge over the Ulhas River near Raite village in Kalyan tehsil on Monday morning. The impact of the collision was so severe that ten of the 11 passengers inside the van died on the spot along with the driver. The deceased include three young siblings - two college-going sisters and their 15-year-old brother. The passenger who survived the crash, a woman, was seriously injured. Police said the black-and-yellow Eeco van was carrying 11 passengers against its sanctioned capacity of five, when it rammed into the cement mixer between Kalyan and Murbad on the Kalyan-Ahilyanagar highway at 10.45am. The van, headed towards Murbad, had swerved while attempting to overtake a vehicle and crashed into the on-coming cement mixer, according to the police. The collision left the van a crumpled wreck, with only its back door recognisable. Titawala police, with the help of locals, extracted the deceased from the mangled steel. The victims have been identified as: Bhushan Ghorpade, 49, an Andheri resident, Jija Govind Kembari, 50, a resident of Tembre in Murbad; Deepak Gavli from Kalyan; Ananta Pawar from Sakhare in Murbad; Ganpat Madhe, 32, from Devralwadi in Murbad, Hemant Gurav, 45; and Neha Mohape, 22, her younger sister Manasi, 20, and their brother Prathamesh, 15, from Narayangaon in Murbad. The taxi driver has bene identified as Prashant Chandane, 21, a resident of Devgaon in Murbad. The tenth deceased passenger is yet to be identified. Sandip Mohape, a cousin of the Mohape siblings, said Neha, Manasi and Prathamesh were travelling from Diva to their native village, Pare, for a wedding when the accident took place. Their father had died eight years ago and they lived with their mother, a domestic help, in Diva. Neha and Manasi were in college while Prathamesh was studying in Class 9, Sandip said. Gurunath Gharat, a village revenue officer, said Bhushan Ghorpade, who also died in the crash, was a circle officer in Murbad tehsil. Ghorpade was returning to Murbad to resume work after spending the weekend in Andheri, where his family lived. The accident disrupted traffic on the Kalyan-Ahilyanagar highway for a few hours. Locals said the Panjar bridge is not yet complete. And was only partially open, adding to the chaos at rush hour. State transport minister Pratap Sarnaik described the incident as "deeply distressing" and said the taxi was carrying more passengers than it should have. "It is a clear violation of safety norms. Orders have been issued to take strict action against those responsible for violating the rules. Investigations are underway," said Sarnaik. While the transport department regularly acts against vehicles plying illegal passenger services, it is equally important that citizens act responsibly and avoid using these illegal services, he said. "We have registered a case for causing death by negligence under section 106 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, against the drivers of both vehicles. The taxi driver is deceased but the truck driver is on the run," said Anil Lad, deputy superintendent of police, Murbad division....