Nayagarh: A person was killed while 14 others were injured in separate road mishaps in Nabarangpur, Nayagarh and Bhadrak districts.
The first accident took place in Umerkote block of Nabarangpur district where two motorcycles suffered a head-on collision leaving one person dead on the spot and another critically injured.
The deceased has been identified as Kailash Majhi and the injured, Ranvijay Sharma.
In the second mishap, 10 people sustained injuries after a passenger bus bearing a registration number that read OR133788 was en-route to Kumbharpada from Nayagarh. The bus skidded off the road and hit a roadside tree in Nayagarh district.
In another road mishap, at least three persons were grievously injured. According to locals, a car bearing the registration number OR05AA5145 and carrying a family from Chandbali, skidded off the road and plunged into a pond.
On being informed, local fire services personnel reached the spot and rushed them to the Chandbali Community Health Centre (CHC).
PNN