Six persons, including four ladies, were killed in a major road accident at
Tarini Mandir Chowk near Paikmal police station in Bargarh district on Thursday as a Bolero jeep collided head-on with a bus.
The deceased were identified as Kasturi Bachha (28), her husband Harisingh Bachha (32), Hema Ketaki (45), driver of the Bolero Narahari Khuntia (30)
and two Asha Karmis, Sakuntala Seth (40) and Jayanti Bhoi (30).
As per information, a few ladies were coming from Chhindekela village under Paikmal police station to Padmapur sub divisional hospital for family planning operation when a speeding bus hit their jeep. Seven others were critically injured.
The injured persons were undergoing treatment at the VSSIMASR at Burla and the Paikmal hospital. The passengers in the bus also sustained minor injuries, sources added. But the driver of the bus fled the spot.