3 killed as car falls into gorge after being hit by truck

\ Dhar (MP), Oct 28 (PTI) Three persons were killed and\two others were injured today when their car fell into a gorge\after being hit by a truck at Ganesh Ghat on Agra-Mumbaiational highway, a police official said.\ \\"The victims were on their way to take part in a death\related ceremony from Banjari village in Mhow tehsil to\Dharampuri in Dhar district when the mishap occurred,\\" Dhamnod\Sub Divisional Officer of Police (SDOP) Sitaram Awasia said.\ The car, after being hit by the truck from behind,\fell into the gorge, while the truck got stuck on the edge of\it, the official said.\ The deceased were identified as Aadil Shafi (45),\Bashir Patel (55) and Niaz Mohammad (60), police said, adding\that the injured were taken to a hospital for treatment.\ The truck driver fled from the spot after the mishap,\police said, adding that a search has been launched to nab\him. PTI COR MAS NP\AMS\SDM\