Hyderabad, July 21 -- Three members of a Hyderabad-origin family were killed and two others were injured in a road accident in Salton City, California, on Monday, July 20, relatives said.

The deceased were identified as 45-year-old Nazia Salma, her 19-year-old daughter Hafeza Neha Shaikh and her 14-year-old son Hafez Omer.

Nazia's husband, Shaik Abdul Naveed, who had worked as a scientist at Dr Reddy's Laboratories in Hyderabad for nearly a decade, and their seven-year-old daughter, Khatija Shaikh, survived the crash and are undergoing treatment at a hospital in California.

Relatives and well-wishers gathered at the family's native locality of Sayeedabad to offer condolences after news of the deaths reached them.

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