Rourkela: Four people were killed and seven others suffered serious injuries Friday when the vehicle they were travelling in overturned near Bonai. All the passengers of the car were coming here to attend the last rites of Swapan Kumar Mohanty, an RSP employee who breathed his last Thursday after a prolonged battle with cancer. The car was travelling with people from Chandaneswar in Balasore district and Digha in West Bengal. Eye-witnesses said that it was moving at high speed. Near Bonai, the driver of the vehicle tried to evade a big crater and while swerving, the vehicle turned turtle. Swapan’s sister and brother-in-law died on the spot, informed officials later.
Police arrived at the spot and with the help of locals rescued the nine others trapped inside the overturned car. Initially, they were taken to the Rourkela Government Hospital (RGH). However, after their conditions deteriorated, they were shifted to a nursing home. Two more persons including a woman breathed their last at the nursing home. Doctors informed that even though the seven others have suffered serious injuries their conditions are stable now. Police after post-mortem handed over the bodies to family members of the deceased. “It is very tragic. Swapan babu’s sister and brother-in-law were coming to pay their last respects and now they are dead. It couldn’t have been more heartbreaking,” said a family member.