Lakhanpur: In a tragic road accident, two policemen died and over 30 were injured after a police van and a truck collided head-on near Belpahar petrol pump on NH-49 in Jharsuguda district Friday morning. The deceased have been identified as Prashant Behera and Shankar Prasad Panth of Puri district.
Sources said, a posse of 40 policemen was heading from Jharsuguda towards Banharpali for duty at the Chief Minister’s programme in an OSP IInd van. Near Belpahar, the police van and the truck collided head on.
The injured have been admitted at TRL hospital in Belpahar and central hospital at Mandalia. Those with critical injuries have been shifted to VIMSAR in Burla.
Police investigation is on to ascertain the cause of the accident.
PNN