Three members of a family were killed in a road accident at Talcher in Angul district on Wednesday night.
The incident took place around 10.15 pm near the Banadurga temple on National Highway-149 (Talcher-Godibandha stretch) under the Talcher police limits.
According to reports, an unidentified truck ran over the trio while they were travelling towards Godibandha by a bike to witness the Ganesh Puja festival at Talcher.
All of them died on the spot. The deceased were identified as a man and his wife and their daughter. The Talcher police reached the spot and started investigation into the incident.