As many as six persons, including two women and two minors, were killed when they were hit by a Hyva truck in Sarankul town of Nayagarh district on Tuesday afternoon.
The truck initially dashed against the two women in Chuda Mill Sahi of the town killing them on the spot. The truck then speedily moved into the Sarankul bazaar and rammed into an under-construction house at Suara Sahi. Three male persons were killed at the mishap site while a minor child was critically injured at the site.