Four persons were killed and 10 others seriously injured when a pickup van in which they were travelling met with an accident at Harishankar Chhak at Patnagarh in Balangir district on Tuesday afternoon.
According to reports, a group of people from Michhilibahal had gone to Harishankar for a New Year-eve picnic. On their way back, the van overturned at Harishankar Chhak when the driver lost control of the vehicle. The locals rushed the injured to the Balangir District Headquarters Hospital, where four of them were declared dead. The identities of the deceased were yet to be ascertained.