Angul: A couple was killed on National Highway No. 55 as the motorbike they were riding was squeezed between two trucks in Odisha’s Angul district on Sunday.
The accident occurred when the couple was going to Angul from Badkera on the highway and a speeding truck rammed against their bike from behind. Consequently, the two-wheeler dashed and rammed into another truck in front. In the process, the two-wheeler and its riders were crushed between the two trucks and died on the spot, sources said.
Tension gripped the area following the accident as angry locals staged a demonstration disrupting vehicular movement on the national highway.
The drivers of both the trucks fled the scene after the accident but the police seized the two vehicles. The bodies of the deceased were sent for postmortem, but their identity is yet to be ascertained.
