4 killed as Car rams tree in Odisha’s Rayagada

Rayagada, Dec 31:At least four persons were killed and two others sustained critical injuries after a car in which they were travelling rammed into a roadside tree at Tayaput under Kashipur block in Odisha’s Rayagada district late last night.

According to sources, several youths of Kashipur area had yesterday come to Rayagada in a Bolero SUV to watch ‘Chaiti Festival’. While they were returning home in the vehicle, the driver lost control over the wheels and the vehicle rammed into a roadside tree killing four of them and injuring two others grievously.

On being informed, police and fire personnel reached the spot and sent the bodies for postmortem. The injured have been admitted to Rayagada district headquarters hospitals.