A husband and two women have been killed in a horror crash in Hihifo, Tongatapu after their car crashed into a casuarina tree this morning Saturday 2.

Our correspondent in Tonga said the wife of the dead man was seriously injured and was in hospital in a serious condition.

He said a young woman and  another woman who owned a business died in the accident.

Apparently the car was travelling westbound on Hihifo road to ʻAhau when the tragedy occured.

Police have yet to determine the cause of the crash and release the identities of the victims.

They have cordoned off the scene with a crime-scene tape.