In a tragic incident, five persons, including four of a family, died on the spot when an auto-rickshaw, in which they were travelling, collided head-on with a speeding truck at Jhargadia near Chainpur on National Highway-55 here on Wednesday morning.
The deceased were identified as Basant Sahu (auto-rickshaw driver), Kanak Pradhan, Kanhu Pradhan, Sudarshan Nayak and Badri Nayak. Barring Basant Sahu, the other four deceased were members of a family, police said.