Mumbai, May 31 -- Three people were killed, including a woman, and two others, one of them a child, were seriously injured after a speeding car rammed into a stationary container truck near Mendhwan Ghat along the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Highway in Maharashtra on Saturday, officials said.

According to the details, the accident took place when a high-speed car, travelling from Gujarat towards Mumbai, rammed into the rear of a stationary container truck. The collision was so severe that three passengers died on the spot.

The injured were taken to a nearby hospital and their condition is reportedly stable now.

The identities of the victims have not yet been disclosed, pending notification of their families.

Preliminary observations suggest that...