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.
