Four persons died and three others sustained critical injuries after a car in which they were travelling hit a truck from the rear on National Highway-60 near Kundapur in Basta area of the district late on Saturday night.
The deceased were identified as Tofani Rana and his wife Kalpana Rana of Paikasidha village of Jaleswar area in the district, Subiranjan Parida of Churamara village and driver of the car Rabi Rana.
The victims were returning home from Puri in the car when their vehicle rammed into a stationary dumper truck which was parked on roadside. The car overturned after hitting the truck, killing two on the spot. Two others succumbed to their injuries after being admitted to the Basta hospital. The injured, including a child, were admitted to the District Headquarters Hospital.