Five persons were killed when a car collided with a parked truck in Telangana's Ranga Reddy district early on Friday, police said.

The accident occurred on Hyderabad-Bengaluru highway in Nandigama block.

The speeding car rammed into the stationary truck from the rear side, killing all the occupants of the car.

he car was on its way from Hyderabad to Kurnool district in Andhra Pradesh.

Such was the impact of the collision that the front portion of the car was badly mangled and entangled to the truck. Rescue workers had a tough time in retrieving the bodies.