Three members of a family were killed in an accident on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway on Saturday afternoon after their vehicle crashed into a tanker that was spraying water in the median garden on the road. The incident took place near the Food Mall in Khapoli on the Mumbai lane of the expressway. A case of accidental death has been registered with the Khopoli police station. The deceased have been identified as Kumar Pukharaj Oswal, 48, his wife Vimal, 47, and their married daughter, Nidhi Hitesh Jain, 25. The Oswals were residents of Arihant Hill in Panvel, while Nidhi was married to a Pune resident.

The crushed vehicles