At least five women sustained grievous injuries in a collision between an auto-rickshaw and a tractor at Haladiapadar Chhak, on the outskirts of Brahmapur in Ganjam district on Sunday.
The injured were identified as fish vendors and residents of the Sorala area in the district.
Reports said 10 women fish vendors were on their way to Brahmapur from the Sorala area in the auto-rickshaw in the morning when the mishap took place.
Reports said the driver of the auto-rickshaw lost control over the wheels near Haladiapadar and rammed into a brick laden tractor which was moving in the same direction.
Under the impact of the collision five women were critically hurt and the others sustained minor injuries.
Getting information, police rushed to the spot and shifted the injured passengers to the MKCG Medical College Hospital here.