A birthday celebration turned into a tragedy on Thursday when a Std X girl’s mother, grandparents, and a family friend’s five-year-old daughter died in a road accident near Navale Bridge.

Swati Santosh Navalkar, 37, her parents, Shanta, 54, Dattatraya Dabhade, and her neighbour’s daughter, Mokshita Hemantkumar Reddy, were returning from Narayanpur Datt Temple when a container truck from Satara collided with their car. The family had gone to the temple to fulfil a vow for Dattatraya Dabhade’s recovery from paralysis.