According to sources, the accident took place when the three youths of Sahajbahal village were heading towards Lakhanpur on the two-wheeler. They sustained critical injuries and died on the spot. The driver of the vehicle fled the spot after crashing into the bikers.

On being informed, police reached the place and started investigation by examining footage of nearby CCTV cameras to identify the killer vehicle.

According to sources, the accident took place when the van with around 20-25 persons on board was en route to Gurjimunda in Kalahandi district from Haladi village in Muribahal.

The injured, most of whom were children and women, were rescued by locals and admitted to a hospital at Titlagarh. Some of them were referred to Bhima Bhoi Medical College and Hospital as their condition deteriorated.

The deceased have been identified as Nandalal Thakar, Gaurav Thakar and Naman Thakar. The injured, Rachana Thakar, is undergoing treatment at district headquarters hospital in Koraput. The victims belong to Rajnandgaon in Chhattisgarh, sources said.

The accident took place around midnight when the family was travelling to Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh from Chhattisgarh for a vacation. Gaurav, who was reportedly on the wheels, lost control over the vehicle at a turning and it plunged into a 100-metre-deep gorge. The accident, suspected to have occurred either due to fog or sleeplessness of the driver, was detected this morning.

Pottangi police have recovered the bodies and initiated an investigation.

According to preliminary information, the mishap took place on Dumermunda Sirul road under the jurisdiction of Kesinga police station. Around 15 passengers reportedly sustained injuries in the accident.

The passenger bus was on its way to Barabandha from Bhawanipatna when the mishap took place near Sirul in the afternoon.

The injured were rescued by local volunteers and taken to a hospital in Kesinga for treatment. The condition of some of the injured passengers was stated to be critical. Two of the injured passengers were later shifted to Kalahandi District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) as their condition deteriorated.

While the exact cause of the accident is yet to be ascertained, the bus driver reportedly made an abrupt turn to save a bike rider on the road following which the vehicle overturned and plunged into the paddy field.

On being informed, a team of police personnel visited the spot and initiated a probe into the mishap. Further details are awaited.

The deceased students have been identified as Soham Nayak, Amyansu Piroi and Abinash Nayak of Harirajpur village in Banki.

According to sources, two students – Soham and Amyansu – died on the spot after being crushed under the wheels of the speeding van around 10 am. The injured Abinash was rushed to Banki sub-divisional hospital and later shifted to SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack in critical condition. However, he succumbed to his injuries during treatment.

The driver fled soon after the accident leaving behind the vehicle. Police have seized the van and started an investigation.

In Kalahandi district, a girl died while two others suffered severe injuries when a speeding truck hit a scooter this morning.

According to sources, the accident took place around midnight when the driver of the car, coming from Rasulgarh, lost control over the vehicle due to bad road conditions. The occupant is said to be a doctor, working in a private hospital here. He was rescued by locals in a critical condition and immediately taken to Capital Hospital in an ambulance. He was later shifted to SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack as his condition deteriorated.

People gathered around the mangled remains of the vehicle with its roof ripped off in the accident, this morning. Locals said that the car first hit the flyover and then the electric pole.

Some reports, however, suggest that the car was badly damaged after falling off the overbridge.

This came a week after a bike-borne youth died while another sustained critical injuries after falling off Bomikhal overbridge.

The deceased, including a woman and three men, have been identified as Umesh Chandra Sahoo, Majulata Sahoo, Trilochan Nayak and Bijay Nayak of Pattamundai area in Kendrapada district.

According to media reports, the accident took place around 4 am when the four were returning in an ambulance, belonging to KIMS hospital, after treatment at Victoria Hospital in Bengaluru. The front of the ambulance was completely damaged under the impact of the collision.

“While the four died on the spot, ambulance driver Sanjay and oil tanker driver Sankar later succumbed to serious injuries. The bodies have been shifted to Chittoor Government Hospital and a case has been registered at Thavanampalli police station,” Chittoor DSP K Srinivasa Murthy was quoted as saying.

The mishap took place on National Highway 353 at Badamaheswar under the jurisdiction of Khariar police station in the district. The deceased hailed from nearby Barapadar village. The injured is undergoing treatment at the Khariar Sub-Divisional Hospital. 

Locals spotted the three youths lying in on the highway and took them to the hospital, where doctors declared two of the injured dead.  

After getting information, a police team from Khariar visited the spot and launched an investigation. 

According to sources, the accident occurred near Panchagaon Gas Depot under Tigiria police limits in the district when six persons of a family of 42 Mouza under Cuttack Sadar police limits were on their way to Gania village in Nayagarh district to attend a 10-day ritual of a relative.

The locals rescued the injured persons and rushed them to Tigiria Community Health Centre, where Prabhat Naik succumbed to injuries. Three among the critically injured were then shifted to SCB Medical College and Hospital here, where the infant died while undergoing treatment.

The auto-rickshaw driver, identified as Binod Samal, sustained severe injuries in the mishap. Another person, identified as Ramachandra Behera, who was selling fish on the roadside, was also grievously injured after being hit by the auto, the sources added.

On being informed, Tigiria police and detained the truck driver. An investigation into the matter is underway.

The injured passengers were rushed to a hospital in Basta.

According to sources, a bus carrying 25 pilgrims from Bihar to Puri was hit by another bus while attempting to overtake.

On being informed police reached the spot and seized the two busses.