In a shocking incident, three youths of Nimapara area died in a road accident late on Wednesday night at Garh Khordha in Khordha district.
The deceased were identified as Kahna Behera (25), Rajesh Behera (22) both are of Ratilo village and driver of the tractor Niranjan Swain (26) of Hansapada village under the Nimapara police station.
According to sources, on Wednesday night the trio had gone from their village by a tractor to brought pebble from Tapanga, Khordha and while returning to their home with pebble loaded tractor, their vehicle was run over by a truck.
The truck driver fled from the spot after the accident. The local police found the dead bodies on Thursday morning and send them for postmortem.
On Thursday evening when the dead bodies were brought, Ratilo and Hansapada villages were deeply grief-stricken.