Surendranagar, Nov 24 (PTI) Three persons were killed and five injured when a speeding car collided with a motorcycle on a highway in Gujarat's Surendranagar district, police said on Wednesday.

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The accident occurred on a state highway near Kareli late on Tuesday night, an official from Chuda police station said.

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The motorcyclist and one of the six occupants of the car were killed on the spot, while a woman travelling in the car died while undergoing treatment at Limbdi civil hospital on Wednesday, he said.

Five others were seriously injured, while a two-year-old child on the motorcycle had a narrow escape, the official said.

The motorcyclist was travelling towards Botad with his wife and child, when a speeding car collided with his two-wheeler, before ramming into a tree on the roadside, he added.

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