Odisha: 5 members of family run over by speeding truck during wedding procession

According to police officials, the family members were going in a procession towards the bride’s family in Sathighar Sahi of the district late on Tuesday night when a truck ran over them

Updated on: Jun 28, 2023, 11:55:18 IST

By Debabrata Mohanty

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In a tragic incident, five members of a family celebrating their groom’s marriage were run over by a speeding truck in Odisha’s Keonjhar district on Tuesday, police said.

The accident took place on the National Highway-20 late on Tuesday.

According to police officials, the family members were going in a procession towards the bride’s family in Sathighar Sahi of the district late on Tuesday night when a truck ran over them.

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“The groom and other members of his family were only a few metres away from the bride’s house when the truck mowed them around 1:30am. Five people including nephew of the groom died on the spot. Fire services personnel rushed to the spot and shifted the injured to the district headquarters hospital. We have seized the truck,” said a senior police official in Keonjhar.

In a similar incident on Sunday, 12 members of a bride’s family including her three sisters, were killed after a Bhubaneswar-bound bus of state-run Odisha State Road Transport Corporation (OSRTC) rammed into their bus.

The driver of the OSRTC bus was arrested after police found that he had dozed off on the wheels.

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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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