Sundargarh: An expert team of the State Transport Department on Monday arrived at the accident spot near Telendihi under Sadar police limits of Sundargarh district where five persons including two children were killed when an auto-rickshaw carrying them collided head-on with a multi-axle truck on Sunday.
Two officers of the Road Safety Cell of the Transport Department are part of the expert team. Transport Officer, Sundargarh, Motor Vehicles Inspector (MVI); Sub Divisional Officer (SDO), Works Department; and police officials of Sundargarh Sadar police station have accompanied them to the accident site.
The expert team will conduct an enquiry into how and what caused the accident.
Reports said that the three-wheeler was occupied by five passengers and the driver. One passenger escaped with minor injuries.
They were returning to Sundargarh town from Kinjirkela when the mishap occurred around 3 pm.
After the collision, both the truck and the auto veered off the road and overturned in a farm field.
The deceased were identified as Munsan Khatun (48) and her four-year-old granddaughter Inayat, Israt Khatun (42) and her daughter Muskan (14), and auto-driver Md Sazad.
