Tag: Road Mishap

All the deceased and injured persons were reportedly from Odisha.

While the identities of the deceased are yet to be ascertained, the injured is undergoing treatment at Saheed Laxman Nayak Medical College and Hospital in the district.

Several locals rescued the injured and rushed them to Jharsuguda Government Hospital.

The accident took place near Madai Ghat under Bango police station limits around 4 am

The trio was returning from a funeral from Swargadwar in Puri when they hit a coal-laden truck on the Puri-Bhubaneswar Jagannath sadak. While two including the constable died on the spot, the injured was rushed to Capital hospital in Bhubaneswar for treatment.

An alarming 14 deaths occur in Odisha every day due to road accidents, revealed State Commerce and Transport Minister, Tukuni Sahu in the Odisha Assembly on Thursday.

While all the injured persons have reportedly been admitted to a nearby hospital, the identity of the deceased is yet to be ascertained.

Two others, a minor girl and a minor boy sustained critical injuries during the accident. They have been safely rescued from the spot of the mishap.

In the first freak incident, a youth along with his bike was found to have charred on the flyover. 

In Sambalpur district, three people were killed and four others suffered injuries after the auto rickshaw they were travelling in collided with an oil tanker near Tabalakata square on National Highway 49 under Kuchinda block.

At least seven people were charred to death after a Hyderabad-bound sleeper bus from Goa caught fire after a head-on collision with a DCM van near Kamalapur in Kalaburagi.

A fatal collision between a truck and auto-rickshaw left at least two people dead and three others critically injured in Angul.

The government on Wednesday took a decision to restrict vehicles of other states from using the Kalinga Ghat road as the drivers are not accustomed to the hairpin bends of the road.

At least 4 persons were killed in a multi-vehicle accident & fire near Alampur village in Modasa in Aravalli district, Gujarat

According to eyewitnesses, a truck stopped near the stand to allow a person to cross the road. Subsequently, two cars behind the truck, also came to a halt.