Three people have been killed in a road accident in Kajo-Keji County in Yei River State.

The dead include two women and a child who were knocked off a motorbike by a land cruiser in Kangapo One payam.

Traffic police officers say they are investigating the incident.

In a separate incident, a man set his wife and two children on fire in the town last night, but they survived with critical wounds.

The wounded have been taken to the hospital while police are still pursuing the suspect.