, March 24 -- Three members of a family were killed and three others injured when a private car slammed into a tree on Jashore-Magura Road at Gaidghat in Manirampur upazila of Jahsore district early Tuesday.

The deceased were identified as Zakaria Jony, 42, a businessman, his father Abdul Majid Sarkar, 74 and his four-year-old daughter Seherish of Manirampur upazila of the district.

The accident occurred around 2:30 am when the Jashore-bound private car carrying six people crashed into a Banyan tree as its driver lost control over steering, leaving two killed on the spot and four others injured, said Alamgir Kabir, officer-in-charge of Barobazar Highway Police.

The injured were taken to Jashore General Hospital where the doctors declar...