Surat: Three members of a family were killed and four others injured when a car rammed into a group of people sitting on the roadside in Gujarat's Surat city. Police gave this information on Saturday.

An official of Uttaran police station said that the accident occurred on the outer ring road of the city at around 11.30 pm on Friday night.

"The car driver lost control of the vehicle, due to which it went off the road and rammed into a group of people sitting on the roadside," he said.

An eight-year-old boy, identified as Viaan, his father Devesh Vaghzhani (40) and uncle Sanket Bawariya (32) died in the accident, the official said.

Inspector AD Mahant said that the driver of the car coming from Ahmedabad suddenly dozed off.

"When he suddenly regained consciousness and saw that the car was deviating from its course, he pressed the accelerator instead of the brake. The car sped ahead and hit a group of local people sitting there," he said.

Mahant said that the child and his uncle died on the spot, while the father died during treatment.

He said four injured victims were undergoing treatment and the condition of one of them was critical.

He said the car also damaged two two-wheelers parked at the spot.

The officer said that the car driver Yajnesh Gohil (40) has been arrested.