In three separate road accidents on the Cuttack- Machhagaon road in past 24 hours, three persons were killed and an equal number of people injured, police reports revealed on Tuesday.
The first accident occurred at Circuit House Chhak here on Monday evening when a scooty rider and two others were severely injured. locals shifted them to the District Headquarters Hospital, where one Pradipta Das, a resident of Odisho panchayat under Jagatsinghpur block, was declared brought dead. Injured Pratap Das and Rashmi Ranjan Ganjia were sent to the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack, but Pratap died on the way.
In another accident at Taradapada on the Jagatsinghpur-Jaipur road, a bike rider, Jenamani Sangram, a resident of lahanga village, sustained serious injuries when his bike hit a roadside electric pole. He succumbed to his injures at the DHH on Tuesday.
In Biridi police station limits, two bike riders were injured when their bike hit a roadside tree at Daleighai on the Cuttack-Jagatsinghpur road on Tuesday. Police shifted them to the SCB Medical College Hospital, and their conditions were stated to be stable, informed Biridi PS IIC Balaram Nayak.