Tapas Mukherjee (60), his wife Shree Mukherjee (55) and their daughter-in-law Tapasi Mukherjee (33) died when their speeding car driven by son Tambak Mukherjee lost control and hit the truck at Khano More this afternoon, they said.
Tapas died on the spot. His wife and daughter-in-law died later in Burdwan Medical College and Hospital, they said.
Tambak was admitted to hospital in a critical condition, they said.
The family was coming from Serampore, they said.