Odishatv Bureau

Bhawanipatna: In an unfortunate incident, eight persons were killed and three others injured critically after a Bolero jeep in which they were travelling hit a roadside tree in Junagada of Kalahandi district late last night.

The ill-fated event took place before Sagada bridge on NH 26 while all of them were returning from Chahanga to their own village Dhanapur after attending a wedding party. The jeep they were travelling in lost control and rammed into the tree at around 2 pm last night killing seven on the spot. Another critically injured person succumbed to the injuries in the hospital. Other three are undergoing treatment in Bhawanipatana government hospital.

Bhawanipatna town police sent the bodies for postmortem and registered a case in this regard. The jeep has been seized, police said.

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