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Caught on camera: 3 dead after speeding SUV rams bikes, auto-rickshaw in Odisha

JJ News Desk

At least three people, including two women, were killed and 13 others injured in a massive road accident involving two bikes, a tractor, an SUV and an auto-rickshaw in Odisha's Koraput district on Friday, police said.

In a CCTV footage which captured the accident, an SUV and an auto-rickshaw are seen to be moving from one end of the road in Borigumma and a tractor coming from the opposite side. The SUV was being driven at a high speed and attempted to overtake the auto-rickshaw.

The CCTV shows a speeding bike coming from the opposite direction of the road trying to overtake a tractor. At that moment, the SUV driver lost control of the vehicle and rammed the speeding bike, brushed past the tractor before hitting the auto-rickshaw and another bike.

The SUV sped away after the accident, the CCTV shows.

Due to the collision, the auto-rickshaw overturned and some of the 15 passengers travelling in it fell on the road. Two of them died on the spot.

A biker who was hit by the speeding SUV was killed on the spot.

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced an ex-gratia of Rs 3 lakh each for the kin of those who died in the road accident in Borigumma, according to news agency ANI.

Source: ANI

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