As many as four persons were killed and several others injured in separate road accidents in the State on Monday.
A container truck dashed against a trailer from rear on NH-16 near Bandal under the Barachana police station in Jajpur district, killing the driver and helper of the truck.
An ambulance carrying a patient from West Bengal to the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack collided head-on with a truck near the Laxmannath tollgate in Jaleswar of Balasore district, resulting in death of two persons and injuries to four others.
In yet another road mishap, a truck hit a car from rear on NH-16 near the Tangi tollgate in Cuttack, killing an occupant of the car.