Three people, including a journalist, died and two others injured when the Mahindra Scorpio they were travelling in rammed into a stationary tractor on Bonda village on under Sariya police station, police said on Sunday.
A journalist of leading Hindi newspaper was also killed in the incident.
Superintendent of Police Raigarh Rahul Bhagat talking over phone said “the incident happened on Saturday late night near Bonda in which three people died and two others including driver were injured.”
According to SP the deceased were identified as Basant Malakar (32), a scribe of a leading Hindi new daily at Raigarh, Surendra Sidar (33) and Sandeep Sidar (25), while those injured were identified as, Gurudayal Malakar (30) and the driver Ghanshaym Yadav (35). The injured were admitted in Raigarh district hospital where their condition was reportedly critical.
According to police, the mishap occurred when victims were going to attend the marriage function of the cousin brother of Basant at Bonda from Raigarh.
The driver of the Scorpio failed to notice a tractor parked on the side of the road. As a result, he rammed the tractor resulting death of three people on the spot.
A case has been registered against the driver of the Scorpio and the investigation was on, the SP added.