A woman was killed and five others were injured, few of them seriously, after a car ran into a food stall at Chinchani beach in Maharashtra's Palghar district, police said on Thursday.

The incident occurred late on Wednesday evening, following which the driver of the car was arrested, they said. "January 26 being a public holiday, people had thronged the Chinchani beach at Tarapur in large numbers in the evening. However, despite the crowd, a car came onto the beach, but its driver lost control while trying to save a scooter, due to which the four-wheeler ran into one of the food stalls. The woman, who was eating at the stall, died on the spot and five others suffered injuries," he said.