Dhaka: Bodies of three Bangladeshis, who died in a car crash in the USA, will be sent home from New York on Tuesday night.

The namaj-e-janaza of the deceased will be held at Jamaica Muslim Centre (JMC) after the Zuhr prayers on Tuesday, said Shameem Ahsan, Bangladesh Consul General in New York.

Consulate’s representatives will also participate in the janaza, he said.

He said that Shamim Hossain, first secretary of the Consul General of Bangladesh in New York, has already visited houses of the three victims and met the injured at the hospital. He spent almost whole day with the bereaved members of the families and at the hospital.

The hospital authorities were requested to ensure best possible treatment to the injured national, added Shameem Ahsan, adding that the Consulate has taken necessary action to expeditiously attest funeral and other papers on its receipt.

Three Bangladeshi expatriates—Shamsul Islam, in his sixties; and Ataur R Dulal, around thirty years old, of Mymensingh and Raihan Islam, believed to be 28— were killed and another was injured critically in a car crash in Northern State Parkway near New York city of USA on Saturday.