At least three persons died another sustained critical injures when the four-wheeler they were travelling in rammed into a truck from the rear on NH-5 near Manjuri under the Simulia police station in Baleswar districton Wednesday.
The deceased were identified as Manoj Upadhay (35), Asit Satpathy (55) and her daughter Suparno Satpathy. Injured Sala Hembram, who is the driver, is undergoing treatment. All of them were going from Baripada to Bhubaneswar by a SUV when the mishap occurred.
In another tragic incident, a girl committed suicide by hanging herself at her house in Bhadrak after she knew that she failed in the matriculation examination, the results of which were declared on Wednesday.
The deceased was identified as Priyanka Jena of the Jagannath Vidyapitha.