Four killed, 15 injured in Orissa accident

BHUBANESWAR - Four people, including two women, were killed and 15 injured when a mini truck carrying a marriage party met with an accident in Orissa’s Sundergarh district Friday, police said.

The mishap occurred when the mini truck, carrying a marriage party from Banai area of the district, collided with an oncoming speeding truck at the by-pass road in Sundergarh.

“Three people of the marriage party were killed on the spot and one died while being taken to hospital,” Deepak Kumar, district superintendent of police of Sundergarh, told IANS.

At least 15 people have sustained injuries and been rushed to Sundergarh hospital. Sundergarh is about 400 km from here.