A man fell into a river from a bridge while his associate sustained critical injuries as the motorcycle by which they were travelling collided head on with an SUV in the Parjang area of Dhenkanal district on Tuesday.
Reports said victims Dipu Nayak and Suryakant Nayak were heading to Talcher from Parjang when a speeding SUV hit the motorcycle on the Sarang bridge over Brahmani river.
Getting information, Fire Service personnel from Talcher rushed to the spot and rescued the youth who fell into the river. The two have been admitted to the Mandapal Hospital in Talcher. In another incident, a man fell along with his motorcycle from a bridge which caved in Alatuma in Kamakhyanagar area of the district on the day.
According to reports, Lipun Nayak of Galu village was heading towards Kamakhyanagar on a motorcycle this morning around 5 am, during which he and the two-wheeler fell into the damaged portion of the bridge over the river.
Lipun sustained minor injuries in the mishap while the vehicle was severely damaged. Following the incident, workers of a construction company that has undertaken the NH-53 expansion work filled the bridge’s caved in portion with soil and cordoned it off.