In a freak road mishap on Tuesday, two women were killed on the spot and two more sustained grievous injuries after a tractor overturned under the Badampahar police station in Mayurbhanj.
The two deceased were identified as Mandodari Patra (50), wife of Ghanashyam and Mitarani Hansda (22), daughter of Birendra, both from Dalaki village. The injured women were identified as Somabari Majhi (45) and Budai Majhi (50) from the same village.
According to a police official, four women of Keshargadia-Dalaki village in the district were walking their way to nearby Purunia village to work in a farmland. A few other persons were travelling to the same village in a tractor to a farmland. .
However, just before reaching their destination, the driver of the vehicle lost control near Purunia canal, thereby leading to the accident. Two of the women died on the spot.
On being informed, the Badampahar police reached the spot and rescued the two injured and sent them to the Rairangpur sub-divisional hospital in critical condition.
The driver of the tractor fled from the spot following the mishap.Police have seized the vehicle and launched a probe.