The vehicles collided head-on. The mangled remains of the jeep were seen strewn at the accident spot, police later said.

Four persons, the parents of the paralysis-struck youth Basantrao and Ratnavva Desai and Mahadev V Birajdar and Nagappa S Madswal, died on the spot while Somling D Desai succumbed to his injuries at the Chhatrapati Pramila Raje hospital here.

Hatkanangale police have registered a case against the truck driver who was stated to be missing.