Four persons killed in separate accidents in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj

Four persons were killed and one seriously injured in separate road accidents in Odishas Mayurbhanj district on Monday, police said. Both the accidents took place within Karanjia police station limits in the tribal-dominated district, they said. The injured has been shifted to Keonjhar district headquarters hospital, Nayak said.

Four persons were killed and one seriously injured in separate road accidents in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district on Monday, police said. Both the accidents took place within Karanjia police station limits in the tribal-dominated district, they said. A couple riding a motorcycle was killed after a head-on collision with an SUV near Bamanasala on National Highway-220. ''Both the husband and wife died on the spot,'' SDPO Karanjia Nabakrushna Nayak said. In another incident, a Udala-bound bus from Karanjia collided with a car near Kadadiha on the Thakurmunda-Karanjia road. Three persons travelling in the car were critically injured and admitted to Karanjia sub-divisional hospital, where two were declared dead by a doctor. The injured has been shifted to Keonjhar district headquarters hospital, Nayak said.