The wife, daughter and brother-in-law of joint commissioner of customs & central excise (Hyderabad), MVV Suryanarayana, died in a road mishap on the Outer Ring Road (ORR) at Shamshabad here on Monday morning.

The victims were Suryanarayana's wife Naga Ramalakshmi (53), their daughter Sindhura (19) and Ramalakshmi's brother Raju Mahender (50). Mahender's daughter Aparna suffered injuries in the accident and her condition is stated to be out of danger.

The family, which lives in Gachibowli here, met with the accident while they were bringing Sindhura, who was pursuing MBBS at a college in Rajahmundry, home for Dasara vacation. Mahender, who was driving the Mahindra SUV, dozed off at the wheel and the vehicle crashed into the rear portion of a stationary truck on the extreme left lane of the ORR at Gollapally near Shamshabad.

Shamshabad inspector K Uma Maheswara Rao said all three victims died on the spot. The incident occured at 8.45 am and police said the truck driver parked the vehicle on the extreme left lane of the ORR after he ran out of fuel. Police registered a case under section 304-A and 337 of the IPC.