At least seven persons, including five college girls, suffered injuries after a tuck hit an auto-rickshaw by which they were travelling near Jhankarpali Chhak under the Jujumara police limits in Sambalpur district on Wednesday.
The accident took place when the overloaded auto-rickshaw was heading towards Phuljharan from Manesar at around 10.30 am.
Reports said a group of girl students of the Parvati Giri College, Phuljharan and a few other passengers were travelling by the auto-rickshaw when the truck hit it from the behind. While auto driver Ashok Bhoi and a student, Sushama Munda (20), were grievously injured, four students identified as Bhagyashree Pandey (20), Reena Pandey (24), Rashmirani Sahu (19) and Snehalata Deepa (19) and a woman namely Gulabati Behera sustained minor injuries.
All the injured were later admitted to the Sadar hospital here. Police seized both the vehicles and arrested the truck driver.