At least 44 persons comprising a village football team and its supporters were injured, five of them seriously, when the vehicle carrying them turned turtle in Deogarh district on Sunday.
The team from Rengalbahal under the Barkot police station and supporters were on their way to participate in a football tournament at Khajurikhomana when the vehicle skidded off the road near Kula on NH-49.
The vehicle was carrying 45 persons, including the driver, when the accident took place. Four of the five seriously injured were shifted to the VSS Medical College Hospital at Burla while the others were being treated at the District Headquarters Hospital here, the police said.