Bhubaneswar: Two employees of a private finance company died in a road mishap in Bargarh district at around 11 p.m. on Sunday night.
The deceased were identified as Kamalesh Sahoo (24) of Dandeipali under Sambalpur Sadar police limits and Suman Devbanath (34) of Siddheshwar Berna area in Sambalpur district.
While returning from Bargarh on a motorcycle after distributing gift packets on the occasion of Diwali, the now-deceased Kamalesh and Suman, stopped at the Deobahal Chowk in Attabira Police station area for some work.
Meanwhile, a heavily loaded speeding trailer truck lost its balance and fell sideways on Kamalesh and Suman who were standing along the road. The duo died on the spot.
“We conducted a medical examination of the driver but he was not found drunk. The vehicle might have lost balance due to overspeeding,” said Sukumar Tripathy, the IIC of Attabira police station.
(IANS)
