At least five persons were killed and two others injured in two separate road accidents in Angul and Baleswar districts on Sunday.
In the first mishap, a man and his wife were killed by a speeding truck near Hanuman Chhak on National Highway-55 in Angul district. The tragedy took place at around 9 am while the couple was on their way to Angul from Nalco Nagar by a scooter.
The truck rammed into the two-wheeler killing them on the spot. While the identities of the deceased persons were still not ascertained, it was known that they were residents of Golabandha village of Angul district.
Receiving information, police reached the spot and sent the bodies for postmortem. The cops also seized the truck as well as the scooter.
In the other incident, three persons died and two others sustained injuries in a head-on collision between two motorcycles in Baliapal area in Baleswar.
Among the three deceased persons, two were identified as Shankar Pandit and Gangadhar Patra, residents of Sanamaisadi village under Baliapal block.
The mishap occurred in the morning when a motorcycle collided with another bike near the Khalamuhani locality. While one person died on the spot, two others died on their way to a hospital in Cuttack. The two persons injured in the mishap were rushed to the Community Health Centre (CHC), Baliapal for treatment.