Horrendous road accident in Jeypore of Odisha: Speeding Scorpio vehicle hits Auto

Jeypore: In a horrendous accident as many as two persons were killed while ten people sustained critical injury in Jeypore of Koraput district in Odisha on Friday. The two persons reportedly died on the spot. As per reports, the accident took place near a Dhaba on the Borigumma-Bijapur road. The visual of the accident has been caged in a CCTV camera and the visual is available. As per the CCTV footage the accident took place involving mainly three vehicles. A speeding scorpio vehicle first hit an Auto from rear side and dragged it to the roadside. In this accident another bike rider who was coming from the opposite side. The injured persons have been rushed to Jeypore hospital. Update: As per latest reports, another person who had sustained critical injury in the accident, succumbed to his injury while under treatment at the hospital. Accordingly, now the death toll rose to 3 in this accident. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik expressed deep grief for the death of the 3 persons. He has announced ex-gratia of Rs 3 lakh for next of the kin of each of the 3 deceased persons. Also, the CM has issued directive for proper treatment of the injured persons.