Nabrangpur, April 21: In a tragic incident, three persons were killed and at least 8 were left injured when a speeding truck overturned and collided with an auto-rickshaw near Kodinga under Raighar police station in Odisha’s Nabarangpur district on Sunday.
The injured ones were rushed to the Raighar PHC for treatment while the bodies of the deceased, a man , a woman and a children were sent for postmortems.
Sources said, at least 10 people, including a few women, were commuting in an auto-rickshaw following an election rally. Meanwhile, a speeding truck coming from the opposite side collided with the auto near the Kodinga village.
On being informed, police reached the spot, recovered bodies and seized the truck.