A family of four on their way from Bangalore to Kharghar to meet their grandfather at a Satsang, met with a terrible accident on the Panvel highway early Sunday morning. Both parents died on the spot, while the two minor children were injured.

New Panvel police officers, after checking CCTV footage, found that the man had been driving his Wagon R at full speed on the highway and crashed head-on with the truck ahead. The impact was so great that the woman, Sanjana Chugh, who was sitting in the front, died on the spot, while the man, Ankit Chugh, died on the way to hospital. The two children, Samartha, 8, and Sathi Chugh, 6, sitting in the back seat became unconscious due to the impact of the crash and were admitted to MGM hospital, New Panvel. They have been discharged and extended family members have taken them home.