Caught on camera: 3 dead after speeding SUV rams bikes, auto-rickshaw in Odisha

 

Caught on camera: 3 dead after speeding SUV rams bikes, auto-rickshaw in Odisha

Three people died and 13 others were injured after a speeding SUV rammed into two bikes and an auto-rickshaw in Odisha's Koraput district. An ex-gratia of Rs 3 lakh each was announced for the kin of those who died in the road accident.

At least three people, including two women, were killed and 13 others injured in a massive road accident involving two bikes, a tractor, an SUV and an auto-rickshaw in Odisha's Koraput district on Friday, police said.

In a CCTV footage which captured the accident, an SUV and an auto-rickshaw are seen to be moving from one end of the road in Borigumma and a tractor coming from the opposite side. The SUV was being driven at a high speed and attempted to overtake the auto-rickshaw.

The CCTV shows a speeding bike coming from the opposite direction of the road trying to overtake a tractor. At that moment, the SUV driver lost control of the vehicle and rammed the speeding bike, brushed past the tractor before hitting the auto-rickshaw and another bike.

The SUV sped away after the accident, the CCTV shows.

Due to the collision, the auto-rickshaw overturned and some of the 15 passengers travelling in it fell on the road. Two of them died on the spot.

A biker who was hit by the speeding SUV was killed on the spot.

The condition of four out of the 13 injured was critical. While they have been shifted to the Saheed Laxman Nayak Medical College and Hospital at Koraput, the other injured have been admitted to the Community Health Centre (CHC) at Borigumma.

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced an ex-gratia of Rs 3 lakh each for the kin of those who died in the road accident in Borigumma, according to news agency ANI.