30 other opera group members injured
Twelve persons were killed and 30 others injured when a mini truck carrying around 50 members of a tribal opera group rammed into a tree on Chandahandi Ghat in Nabarangpur district on Friday night.
Umarkote Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Gopinath Manipatro said all the travellers belonged to the Dabugam area. They were going to Chandahandi for a performance on the occasion of the Dussehra festival when their vehicle dashed against the tree at around 9.30 pm.
Among the 30 injured, eight were in serious conditions, the police officer said. The seriously injured persons were shifted to the Nabarangpur District Headquarters Hospital and MKCG Medical College Hospital, Btahmapur, while others were being treated at the Umarkote hospital.