Four killed in car accident in Odisha’s Khordha

State’s commerce and transport department statistics showed that in 2020, around 5,000 have been killed in road accidents in Odisha

Updated on: Dec 1, 2022, 13:26:50 IST

By Debabrata Mohanty

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Four people died in a car accident in Odisha’s Puri early Tuesday morning, police said.

Around 5,000 have been killed in road accidents in Odisha (Representative Photo)

Officials said the four persons were travelling from Vishakhapatnam to Puri in a rented car to attend a marriage function.

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According to the police, the car they were travelling in rammed into a stationary truck at Badapokharia under Jankia police limits in Khordha district on national highway 16 killing everyone in the vehicle.

Their bodies were sent for post-mortem at a local hospital, said police.

State’s commerce and transport department statistics showed that in 2020, around 5,000 were killed in road accidents in Odisha.

According to the statistics, over-speeding of vehicles has been the main cause of the road accident casualties.

Odisha’s fatalities rate in road accidents is 33.33% higher than the national average. While 48 die in every 100 road accidents in Odisha, the national average is 36.

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Debabrata Mohanty
Debabrata Mohanty is a senior assistant editor of Hindustan Times who works as state correspondent from Odisha covering the state's politics, governance, public policy, natural disasters, environment and its society for close to three decades. With his long years of reporting from the state capital of Bhubaneswar, Mohanty has been known as one of the most experienced and credible journalists covering Odisha for the national English dailies. His reporting combines on-ground detail with deep institutional knowledge detailing the state's changing politics, governance issues, administrative reforms and the functioning of its public institutions. He has regularly reported on issues ranging from legislative developments and public policy implementation. Politics is his core areas of expertise as he closely tracks Odisha's political landscape, including the rise and transformation of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), the two principal political parties in Odisha. His long association with the state's political establishment enables him to write on contemporary developments in a larger political context. Mohanty takes a deep interest in writing human interest stories, environmental issues and documenting the impact of cyclones, floods, heatwaves, and other climate-related events in one of the most disaster-prone states. His coverage extends to public health, governance reforms and stories on accountability of government institutions. Before joining Hindustan Times, Mohanty worked with The Indian Express, Mail Today, and The Telegraph, where he covered at least six general elections and as many assembly elections. In 2007, he was selected for the prestigious Chevening Young Indian Print Journalist Programme at the University of Lincoln, United Kingdom, where he received advanced training in print journalism. In 2009 he won the Press Institute of India-International Committee of Red Cross award on conflict reporting for his on-ground reportage of 2008 Kandhamal riots.Read More

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