3 of family die as car hits stationary truck

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3 of family die as car hits stationary truck

Saturday, 08 August 2020 | PNS | JAJPUR

As many as three members of a family were killed and two others suffered grievous injuries when a car by which they were travelling hit a stationary truck near Rathia village under the Dharmasala police station in Jajpur district on Friday.

Police said five members of a family were on their way to Medinapur district in West Bengal by a car from Bhubaneswar. But the vehicle rammed into the rear of a truck parked on roadside near Rathia village.

“While three of them died on the spot, two others including a woman were critically injured following the mishap,” said Dharamsala PS IIC Saroj Kumar Sahu.

The intensity of the collision was so loud that hearing the sound of it locals rushed to the spot and informed police and Chandikhole Fire Services personnel about the incident.

Later, police and Fire Brigade personnel reached the spot and rescued the occupants from the mangled car and shifted them to the Dharmasala Community Health Centre where doctors declared three of them brought dead.

The seriously injured were refereed them to the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack after their condition deteriorated.

The identity of the deceased was yet to be ascertained.

Police have registered a case and seized both the vehicles in connection with the incident.

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