Mahoba, April 20 -- Three members of a family -- an elderly couple and their daughter-in-law -- were killed in a road accident in Uttar Pradesh's Mahoba district on Saturday, police said.

The elderly couple's son was also injured in the incident, they added.

The accident occurred near Baripura village, under the limits of Kabrai police station, along the Kanpur-Sagar National Highway.

According to officials, the family was returning to their native village of Jind in Madhya Pradesh's Sagar district from Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh, when their car collided head-on with a speeding dump truck.

The deceased have been identified as 68-year-old Satish Maurya, his 56-year-old wife Urmila Maurya, and their 32-year-old daughter-in-law Mohini Kana...