Two members of a family were killed and six others injured when their car met with an accident while they were on way to attend a funeral in Maharashtra's Thane district, a police official said on Tuesday. The mishap took place on the Mumbai-Agra highway in Asangaon area on Monday evening, he said. The speeding car suffered a tyre burst following which the driver lost control over the wheels. The vehicle then hit a road-divider and overturned, the official at Shahapur police station said.

"The victims, all from Nashik, were going to attend a funeral in Thane. Two of them died while six others received injuries in the mishap," he said. The deceased were identified as Prakash Bhavar (55) and Suman Toche (60).