2 killed as car rams into electric pole in Odisha’s Nayagarh

Nayagarh: In a tragic incident, at least two persons were killed and two others sustained critical injuries as the car in which they were travelling rammed into an electric pole on NH-57 near Sanpada in Odisha’s Nayagarh district late last night.

According to police sources, four youths of Matiapada area in Puri district had come to Lunisara village under Nuagaon block of Nayagarh district to attend their friend’s marriage ceremony.

While they were going in a car to the bride’s house at Magarabandha village under Sarankul police limits in the district, the four-wheeler dashed into an electric pole near Sanpada killing two of them on the spot and grievously injuring two others.

The deceased have been identified as Sukant Sahu and Sanjay Panda.

The injured were initially admitted to Nayagarh district headquarters hospital and later shifted to Bhubaneswar as their condition deteriorated.