An ITI student died and seven others were injured as a Maruti Wagon R car ran over them at Itma Chowk under the Bargaon police limits in Sundargarh on Wednesday afternoon.
Police have arrested the owner of the vehicle who was driving at the time of the accident. All the injured, including two other ITI students, were admitted in the Sundargarh district headquarters hospital. One ITI student’s condition was stated to be critical.
Sources said Bhagwan Seth, a resident of laing in Rajgangpur area, was coming in his Wagon R Car no OD14 9528 towards laing on Wednesday afternoon, when at around 3.30 pm near Itma Chowk, he suddenly lost control over the vehicle that dashed against a betel shop and then ran over eight people in front of the shop.
The accident was so massive that people nearby immediately rushed to the spot. After getting information, Bargaon police reached the spot and shifted the injured to hospital. Seth managed to flee from the spot, but later the police arrested him. Nakul Sha (24), a resident of Khetrimunda under the Sadar police station, died in the hospital.