Three persons were killed and seven others sustained grievous injuries in two separate road accidents on the outskirt of Sambalpur town on Monday.
At the Bhalupali Chowk under the Ainthapli police station, a person died and six others sustained injuries after an auto rickshaw carrying them collided head-on with a truck. The deceased was identified as Dilip Meher. “The injured were rushed to the VSS Medical College Hospital at Burla,” said Ainthapali IIC PK Patnaik.
Similarly, in another road accident at Choudhury Chowk near Sindurpank under Sadar police station, two youth died and one sustained injuries after a bus hit a bike.
The deceased were identified as Manoj Majhi and Abhijit Singh, while the injured was identified as Nilachala Karta. Manoj, Abhijit and Nilachal were going towards Hatibari on a bike when the accident took place.
They were rushed to the district headquarters hospital in Sambalpur. Manoj and Abhijit were declared brought dead there.