Bhadrak: One person was killed and 4 others sustained critical injuries after their car rammed into a stationary truck near Chatabar at National Highway 16 in Bhadrak district today morning.
Initial investigation suggests that the truck was in stationary mode, when the ill-fated scorpio car enroute Bhubaneswar rammed into the truck from behind on NH-16.
Following which one person was killed on the spot and four others sustained critical injuries. The injured were immediately rescued and admitted to Bhandari Pokhari Community Health Centre (CHC) for medical aid.
The identity of the deceased and injured has not been ascertained yet.
Earlier today, six people sustained critical injuries after a collision between two trucks near Trisulpur chhak under Bhadrak rural police limits.
According to sources, a truck carrying chicks was heading from Bhubaneswar towards Kolkata lost control after the driver got sleepy for a moment and collided with another truck standing in another lane after crossing the divider. At least six people who were in the truck were critically injured due to the accident.
The police has reached the spot and rushed the injured people to the nearby hospital in Bhadrak. All the severe injured people were reportedly residents of West Bengal.
