3 of a family found dead; 3 hurt in Bengal accident

While 2 women and a girl of the family were found dead at home, 3 men of the family crashed their car into a pillar on the same day in Kolkata, police said

- Press Trust of India

KOLKATA: Two women and a girl of the same family were found dead inside their house, while three other members were injured as their car rammed into a metro pillar in Kolkata on Wednesday, police said.

The accident took place when the car collided with a metro pillar near Abhishikta crossing on EM Bypass, joint commissioner of Kolkata police, Rupesh Kumar said.

Police discovered the bodies after coming to know about the deaths from the husband of one of the deceased. He was among the three injured in the car accident, joint commissioner of Kolkata police, Kumar told reporters after visiting the house.

During preliminary investigation, it was found that the two women had slit their wrists after consuming some pills mixed in their food, another police officer said.