Two persons were killed and five others injured when a SUV carrying a marriage party overturned near Bhawanipatna in Kalahandi district on Sunday morning.
The deceased were identified as Chandra Behera and Shovan Behera, father and maternal uncle of the bridegroom, respectively. The injured persons were admitted to the Bhawanipatna Sadar Hospital.
According to reports, the SUV (a Scorpio) carrying the marriage party was on its way from Raipur to Bhawanipatna turned turtle when it fell off a bridge near Khairmal on the Khariar-Bhawanipatna road in early hours of the day.
The groom’s father and uncle died on the spot. locals called an 108-ambulance and transported the injured to hospital. Police reached the spot and the hospital and launched probe into the incident.