Three bike-borne youths were killed as the motorcycle by which they were travelling collided head on with a speeding SUV near Subalaya Chhak on the Khordha-Balangir NH-57 under the Daspalla police station in Nayagarh district on Saturday.
The deceased were identified as Deepak Medinira, Situ Khan and Gokulananda Nayak, all residents of Daspalla NAC. They were aged between 25 and 30 years.
The fatal road mishap took place when the SUV was on its way from Daspalla side to Nayagarh and the driver of the vehicle lost control of the wheels leading to the collision.
Being informed, the Daspalla police reached the spot and initiated a probe. The injured were rescued and shifted to hospital, where doctors declared them dead.
Police detained the SUV driver and were interrogating him. Tension erupted on the spot following the mishap. But police pacified the crowd and controlled the situation.