Keonjhar: As many as five persons were killed after a pick-up van crashed into an auto-rickshaw near Basantpur under Keonjhar’s Pandapada police limits, a local source said Saturday.
Besides, nearly five persons also sustained serious injuries in this accident.
As per the source, eight people were in the auto-rickshaw en route to Keonjhar when the pick-up van rammed the vehicle.
Subsequently, locals rescued the injured and rushed them to Keonjhar Hospital in an ambulance.
Police have reached the spot and launched an investigation into this matter.
–Agencies