Five motorcylists were killed after a speeding mini truck overturned and crushed them in Khandala Ghat on old Mumbai-Pune highway late Sunday night, police said.

The motorcyclists were on their way to Talegaon after they spent a day at Alibag in Raigad where they had gone for a picnic, police said.

The deceased were answering nature’s call at the road side when the speeding mini truck overturned on them at a turn.

The deceased have been identified as Pradip Prakash Chole (31), Amol Balaji Chilme ( 29) , Narayan Ram Gundale ( 27 ), Nivrutti Ram Gundale (30) and Govind Nalwad (35), all residents of Talegaon who were working at a private company in Talegaon.

The driver escaped after the incident and a case of rash and negligent driving has been registered against him.