Baliguda: At least three persons were killed and seven others were seriously injured after a car carrying picnickers skidded off the mountainous road on Karada ghat under Raikia police limits in Kandhamal district today.
According to reports, the car carrying the 10 picnickers skidded off the mountainous road and plunged around 70 feet downhill.
While two persons were killed on the spot, another succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment at the Government Hospital in Raikia.
Odisha Fire Service personnel rescued the surviving incumbents of the ill-fated car and retrieved the bodies of the deceased from the mishap spot.
The injured are undergoing treatment at Government Hospital in Raikia Raikia.
While two of the deceased youths have been identified as Liadas Pariccha and Paban Digal of Bhaliapada, the identity of the other deceased youth has not yet been established.
They were going to Dantlin of Sorada along with six friends for a picnic from their village Bhaliapada.
