Five die in Orissa accident

BHUBANESWAR - Five people, including four members of a family, were killed when an auto-rickshaw in which they were travelling collided with a truck in Orissa early Sunday, police said.

The dead included a one-year-old child and a woman besides the auto driver. The accident took place near Pipili in Puri. The family which lost four members was from West Bengal.

Another member of the family, Mayuri Jaiswal, was battling for life in a hospital. The truck driver absconded after the accident.

–Indo Asian News Service