Five killed, one injured as car plunges into well

Five persons were killed and one was injured after their car fell into a well in Maharashtra's Sangli district in the wee hours of Monday, police said. The victims were on their way to attend the funeral of a relative, a police official said.

The car driver apparently lost control over the wheels following which the vehicle fell into a well located on a roadside near Parekar Wadi village in Atpadi tehsil, he said. "Five people were killed in the mishap and one person sustained injuries," he said.

The injured person was taken to a nearby hospital, he said, adding that the bodies were sent for postmortem.