Bhawanipatna: A jawan was killed and five others were injured in two separate road accidents in Kalahandi district on Tuesday.
The jawan, identified as Laxmi Rout, died while another person sustained grievous injuries in a head-on collision between two motorcycles on a bridge over Tel river near Golamunda.
The injured person was rescued by locals and admitted to Dharmagarh hospital.
The mishap occurred when Rout was heading towards Dharmagarh from Brundabahal village to attend his relative’s wedding.
In another incident, two men, a woman and a two-year-old child, were critically injured after the auto rickshaw in which they were travelling overturned on Tere Naam Ghati near Bhatangpadar.
The victims were rushed to the district headquarters hospital.
According to eyewitnesses, the auto carrying seven-eight people overturned after its driver lost control over the vehicle while negotiating a sharp turn.
