Jajpur: Three people were killed in a road accident in Odisha’s Jajpur district Saturday after a heavy vehicle hit a motorcycle carrying them, police said.
The accident happened in the early hours on National Highway-16 near Kadhei Chhak within the jurisdiction of the Badachana police station of the district when the three were travelling to Puri on the bike to visit the Jagannath temple.
All of them died on the spot. The police identified the deceased as Abhisekh Sara (23) and Anchal Sahu (26), both residents of the Jajpur district, and Debashish Nayak (26), a resident of the Cuttack district.
The police registered a case in connection with the incident and initiated an investigation, the Inspector-in-Charge (IIC) of Badachana police station said.
PTI
