Five people were killed and three persons were injured after their multi-utility vehicle (MUV) was hit by a truck in Nanded district of Maharashtra on Monday evening, a police official said, according to the PTI.

The incident took place in Sitakhandi Ghat, more than 600 kilometres from Mumbai, and the speeding mid-size truck carrying bricks was being driven on the wrong side of the road, it was en route to Nanded, he said, as per the PTI.