7 killed as mini truck hits stationary truck in Jajpur
At least seven people from West Bengal were killed after a mini-truck dashed against a stationary truck at Neulpur in Odisha’s Jajpur district on Saturday.
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Jajpur: At least seven people from West Bengal were killed after a mini-truck dashed against a stationary truck at Neulpur in Odisha’s Jajpur district on Saturday.
Accordign to sources, the mini-truck carrying chicken from Kolkata to Bhubaneswar crashed into the static truck parked along the highway at Neulpur on the National Highway No. 16 in the early hours.
While six occupants of the mini-truck died on the spot, another person was rushed to the SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack where doctors pronounced him dead.
The deceased were reportedly from the West Bengal district of 24 Parganas.
After receiving information, firefighters and police officers rushed to the scene and recovered the bodies. The bodies were taken to the hospital for postmortem examination. More information is awaited.
