Five people died in a head-on collision between two cars on the Kaithal-Kurukshetra road, 8 kilometres from here, on Monday morning, police said.

Station House Officer (SHO) of Adarsh Police Station, Dinesh Singh, said the accident occurred around 7 am near Ghararsi village and is believed to have been caused by over speeding.

He said the impact was so severe that both the vehicles were completely mangled. Locals had to cut open the car doors to rescue those trapped inside.

One of the cars carrying six passengers from Bubka village in Ambala was badly damaged in the collision. Five of its occupants died on the spot, police said.

The deceased were identified as Praveen, son of Swaraj; Pawan and Rajendra, sons of Bal Kishan; Urmila, wife of Pawan, and Suman, wife of Sanjay.

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