17 Killed in Orissa Accident


Bhubaneswar, Oct 7 (IANS): At least 17 people were killed and over 25 injured when a tipper truck carrying them overturned in Orissa's Koraput district early Friday, police said.

The accident occurred near the block headquarters town of Dasmantpur, about 550 km from here, when the people were returning home after celebrating the Dussehra festival at a nearby place, district Superintendent of Police A.K. Sahu told IANS.

The people who have sustained injuries are being treated at the local hospitals. Some of them were critical, he said.

  

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