Three members of a family were killed and two others injured when dilapidated roof of a house collapsed here in the provincial capital on Monday.

According to details, roof of a house located in Pishtakhara of Peshawar suddenly came down resultantly five family members were trapped under the debris.

Owner of the house identified as Noorullah and his two sons died in the incident while a woman and a child were injured.

The Rescue 1122 team pulled out the bodies and injured from the debris. The injured woman and child were shifted to local hospital for treatment.