Eight Bol Bam devotees were injured with four of them sustaining leg fractures when an SUV hit them on the Jeypore-Boipariguda road in Koraput district late on Saturday night.
The devotees were heading towards the Gupteswar Temple in the district carrying holy water from Patraput when the vehicle hit them from their backside. The victims were initially admitted to the Jeypore Sub-Divisional Hospital before being shifted to the Saheed Laxman Nayak Medical College and Hospital in the district. Occupants of the SUV fled from the spot with their vehicle after the mishap. Police initiated efforts to trace the SUV.