Bhubaneswar: As many as three persons, including two women and a man, were killed while five others sustained critical injuries after the auto-rickshaw in which they were traveling collided with a speeding truck near Kodinga under Raighar police station in Odisha’s Nabarangpur district this afternoon.
The deceased persons have been identified as Pawan Tandon of Baniadihi village under Borei police station of Chhattisgarh, Chanda Gaikwad of Nagari village and Punab Vaisnaw of Chipili village.
According to reports, 10 people, including a few women, were reputedly campaigning for the upcoming Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in the area.
However, a speeding truck coming from the opposite side collided with the auto-rickshaw when it approached Kodinga village killing three passengers on the spot.
The injured were rescued and rushed to the Kodinga Community Health Centre for treatment.
A tea of cops from the local police station reached the spot and sent the bodies for post-mortem. They also seized the truck and started an investigation into the matter.
Ms Kalinga