Road mishaps claim four lives in Odisha’s Sundargarh

ROURKELA: Road mishaps claimed the lives of four persons including a minor girl in Sundargarh and Koraput districts in the last 24 hours.

In Sundargarh, two youths and a 15-year-old girl were killed after the motorcycle on which they were travelling collided head-on with an unknown heavy vehicle on NH-143 at Birmitrapur town on Saturday night. The mishap took place after 11.30 pm. The deceased were identified as Dilip Samasi (21), Sahrei Lakra (20) and the minor Anjali Kusuma, all of Jolongbira village within Birmitrapur police limits.

Sources said the trio was returning home on a motorcycle after attending the Maha Shivaratri fair at Vedvyas. They were reportedly riding the bike at a high speed. When they reached Birmitrapur town, a speeding heavy vehicle coming from the opposite direction rammed into their motorcycle.