Koraput: One person died and five others were seriously injured today in a head-on collision between a tanker truck and an auto rickshaw near Podapadar village chowk under Pottangi police limits in Koraput district.
While one person was killed on the spot in the accident, the seriously injured five others are undergoing treatment at the Pottangi Community Health Centre (CHC). The deceased has been identified as Suri.
Sub Inspector of Pottangi police station Pradip Kumar Mohapatra and other police personnel rescued the injured persons and shifted them to the CHC.
As per reports, a few balloon sellers from neighbouring Andhra Pradesh had come to Kunduli for the Dussehra Jatra and were returning home when the accident occurred.
