6 killed, 4 injured in truck, auto-rickshaw collision in Odisha

5 Dariya News

Bhubaneswar 28-Dec-2016

At least six persons were killed and four critically injured when a truck collided with an auto-rickshaw in Odisha's Kalahandi district on Wednesday.The bodies have been sent for post-mortem while the injured persons have been taken to a nearby hospital for treatment, said Akshaya Kumar Das, Kalahandi Additional Superintendent of Police.The incident occurred at Phulrijharan in Bhawanipatna, police said.As many as ten persons were travelling in the three-wheeler at the time of the accident, police added.Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, in a tweet, expressed condolences to the family members of the deceased and wished speedy recovery to the injured.