Ten people including a child were killed when their car slammed into a stalled truck on a motorway in India.

The car, a Maruti Suzuki Ertiga, rear-ended the Maharashtra-registered truck that was parked on the left lane of the Ahmedabad-Vadodara Expressway in Gujarat due to a mechanical issue on April 17.

Rajesh Gadhiya, Kheda Superintendent of Police, said all ten car passengers, including a five-year-old child, died in the collision.

Inspector of Nadiad Rural police station Kirit Chaudhary said: 'The car was going towards Ahmedabad from Vadodara when it rammed into the rear side of the truck on the expressway. While eight people died on the spot, two injured persons, who were shifted to a nearby hospital in an ambulance, succumbed later.'

Only four of the deceased have been identified, authorities said. They were from various cities in Gujarat.