Three members of a family were killed and two others injured when a covered van hit a private car on Dhaka-Chattogram highway at Baushia under Gazaria upazila in Munshiganj district on Saturday.
The deceased are Alamgir, 55, his wife Rahela Begum, 50 and their son Jahir, 30, of Chandpur district.
Rajib Khan, officer-in-charge of Gazaria police station, said that the accident occurred at about 1:45 am when the covered van hit the Dhaka-bound private car from Chandpur, leaving three passengers of the car dead on the spot and two others injured.
The injured were taken to Gazaria Upazila Health Complex.
