Seven members of the same family, including a two-year-old child, died when an Alto car collided head-on with a motorcycle on the Vani–Dindori road in Maharashtra’s Nashik district late Wednesday night, police said. Two men on the motorbike were seriously injured and are being treated at Nashik Civil Hospital. According to investigators, the impact hurled both vehicles into a roadside canal, overturning the car and trapping its occupants. Preliminary findings suggest the seven victims — three women and three men aged 23 to 45 and the toddler — suffocated after water entered the submerged vehicle before they could escape. The family had been returning to their village after a birthday celebration. Police have opened a case of accidental death and are examining whether speeding or other traffic violations contributed to the crash.