At least seven people were killed in separate four accidents, including three road mishaps, in Sambalpur on Thursday.
In the first accident, three persons, including a young girl, died on the spot near the Dhama police station on Thursday night. According to information, two young men and a girl were going on a motorbike towards Sambalpur when a truck coming from opposite direction hit them at the police station. They two young men identified as Ramesh Bag (22), Bhutulu Dip (19) and the girl as Tina Bharasagar (15) of Baunsara village. In the second incident, two youths died near the Hirakud airstrip at Jamadarpali. Speed driving was the reason behind the fatal accident police said. As per information, three youths of Subarnapur district, Sudhir Jagdala, Satrughna Rajhans and Prakash Mahanada had come to Sambalpur in a newly purchased bike to see Sital Sasthi Yatra.
They met with an accident when they were going to see the Hirakud reservoir and the airstrip close to it. Police said two bodies are lying on the spot but the third one was yet to be traced out.
In the third incident, Pramod Nayak of Nuatihura village under the Sasan police station was killed on Thursday night when a tractor hit his bike.
In the fourth incident, a man identified as M Veerbabu from Andhra Pradesh died near Ghanteswari temple at Chipilima inside the Mahanadi river. He along with nearly 20 people from AP came to their relatives’ house in Bargarh. From there, they came on a picnic to the temple. Veerbabu went inside the river but couldn’t return. He was profusely drunk. He died inside the Mahanadi water, reports said.