Four persons, including a five-year-old girl, were killed in two separate road mishaps in Kalahandi and Keonjhar districts on Thursday.
As per reports, three persons, including the five-year-old girl, lost their lives after a motorbike they were riding collided head on with a bus at Dangariguda Square under the Golamunda police station near Dharmagarh in Kalahandi.
Though the identities of the deceased were yet to be ascertained, the police have seized the vehicles involved in the accident and launched a probe into the mishap.
In another incident, a man died when the bus he was travelling in overturned at the Satakoshia ghat on the Anandapur-Karanjia road in Keonjhar. At least 20 passengers were injured from which six are reported to be critical.
The deceased was identified as Sashidhar Das from Kantajhari village under Jajpur district’s Korei police station. He succumbed to the injuries while undergoing treatment at the Anandapur hospital.
Sources said, the bus en route to Bhubaneswar from Karanjia overturned with 40 passengers on board. Following the accident, Fire Services personnel rescued the passengers with the help of locals.
