Odisha: Eight killed in three separate road accidents

Bhubaneswar: In a tragic road accident, five people, including two electricity department employees, were killed in a head-on collision between a scooter and a motorcycle in Odisha’s Ganjam district. The accident happened on Thursday night. Police said three people, including two subcontractor employees of the electricity department, returned to Sorada on their scooter after completing some repair work in Kesharipatna village on Thursday night. “The other two persons died during treatment at the hospital in Sorada. The laborer was rescued in a critical condition and shifted to MKCG Faculty of Medicine and Hospital, Berhampur, police said. City police will improve surveillance with 250 high technology CCTV cameras Police are yet to ascertain the cause of the accident, while sources have confirmed that the deceased was driving at high speed under the influence of alcohol. Similarly, two more persons died in another traffic accident near Uluda Plaza under Kamrada police station limits in Balasore district on Thursday night. “Three youths from Basta area, who had gone for picnic in Digha, returned to their home on Thursday night when their motorcycle collided with the back of a truck parked on the road near Uluda. Meanwhile, an ASHA worker died on Carretera National-55 after she was hit by a speeding truck while crossing the road in Angoulême on Friday morning.