Five people died in two road accidents during Holi in Odisha on Saturday. Police gave this information. Police said three members of the same family crushed three members in Odisha’s Keonjhar district on Saturday.
A senior official said that the accident occurred this morning near Dolitha Chowk near Champua police station when a truck hit her. He said that the deceased have been identified as Ivan Pradhan, his wife Mathamani Pradhan and his son Mangal Pradhan.
The official said that he was a resident of Sanani village in Champua area. He told that he was a victim of this accident during that time when he was going to Pradhan’s son -in -law’s house to play Holi.
“Pradhan died on the spot, his wife died in Champua Hospital and Mangal died on the way to Keonjhar. Another official said that another officer said that at least two youths died in an accident in Sitarampur area of Narsinghpur police station area of Cuttack district and one person was injured while one person was injured.
He said that the accident on the Narsinghpur-Kamaldih main road when his two-wheeler collided with an electric pole. Police said that the accident happened when they were returning home after celebrating Holi.
In another incident, the Bhubaneswar police found a couple hanging on their house in the Housing Board Colony area under the boundary of Chandrashekharpur police station on Saturday. Another official said that the deceased has been identified as Kumar Jiten (30) while the woman has not been identified yet.
