Four persons, including two women, were killed on the spot and three others critically injured when the jeep carrying them collided with a stationery truck in Bhadrak district on Friday.
The accident occurred near Chhatabar under the Bhandaripokhari police station on NH-5 as the jeep, bearing a registration number of West Bengal, rammed into the truck in front of a roadside eatery. Two of the three injured were shifted to the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack as their conditions deteriorated. The other one was undergoing treatment in the District Headquarters Hospital here, police said. The victims, who were yet to be identified, were believed to be tourists from West Bengal.