Munshiganj: Three people were killed and two others injured as a private car crashed into a tree on the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway in Doribausia area of Gazaria upazila on Sunday morning, reports UNB.

The Gazaria police officer-in-charge Nasir said a Comilla-bound private car carrying five people rammed into a roadside tree as the driver of the vehicle lost control over the steering at about 11:00am.

Three riders of the car—Kajol Rani Das, Ratan Chandra Das, and the driver died on the spot and two other riders were injured.

The injured were sent to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

All but the driver were identified to be of the same family.