Five of a family were killed persons were killed and two others were seriously injured when an auto rickshaw they were travelling in was hit by an unidentified vehicle here, police said today.
     The accident took place at Kanheri Gawli diversion on Akola-Balapur road at NH 6 around last midnight when the family was returning from pilgrimage from Shegaon, they said.
     The deceased were identified as Neeta Pramod Sable (35) her two daughters Pragati (5) and Prachi (2), rickshaw driver Arun Ashok Ingle (40) and Devanand Digambar Dhuratkar (30), they said.