Two persons died in a road accident near PitapaliChhak in Khordha district on Tuesday when a pickup van rammed into a truck parked on the road. The identities of the deceased persons were yet to be ascertained
The Infovalley police reached the spot, sent the bodies for postmortem and started an investigation into the mishap.
In another incident, six jawans of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) sustained injuries in a road accident near Bolgada on the Khordha-Balangir National Highway-57.
Sources said the accident occurred when the ITBP van, carrying the jawans, overturned after the driver lost control of the wheel.
All the injured ITBP jawans were shifted to the District Headquarters Hospital (DHH). Preliminary reports suggest that the ITBP vehicle from Khordha camp was on its way to Chhattisgarh carrying daily use items.