Bhubaneswar: One person is in critical condition, and five others sustained injuries after a pick-up truck carrying vegetables overturned near Kandhabahal Chhak, under Kantabanji police limits in Bolangir district, today.
According to reports, the pick-up truck was en route from Kantabanji to Sindhekela market, carrying vegetables, when the driver lost control of the vehicle, causing it to overturn near Kandabahal Chhak. The truck veered into a roadside farming field.
In the incident, Radhe Satnami, a vegetable trader, was critically injured, along with five others who sustained various degrees of injuries. All of them are vegetable sellers from Satnami Pada.
The injured persons were immediately rushed to Kantabanji Hospital in an ambulance.
Kantabanji police officials have initiated an investigation into the incident.