On way to attend funeral, 5 killed as car plunges into Jagbudi river in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri (VIDEO)

Ratnagiri: Five occupants of a car were killed when the driver lost control of the vehicle, forcing it to plunge into the Jagbudi river in Ratnagiri district on Monday, police said.

The Ratnagiri police control room said that the accident took place when the passengers were going to Devrukh from Mumbai for a funeral.

The driver of the car was seriously injured.

Ratnagiri, Maharashtra: An accident occurred on the Mumbai-Goa Highway when a car plunged into the Jagbudi River. Five passengers lost their lives, while the driver sustained serious injuries. All the occupants were traveling from Mumbai to Devrukh pic.twitter.com/kty9tEnNM6

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It is reported that the deceased are residents of Mumbai. They were identified as Medha Parmesh Paradkar, Saurabh Parmesh Paradkar, Mitali Vivek More, Nihar Vivek More and Shreyas Rajendra Sawant, police said.