Bhubaneswar: Three youths died on the spot after a car in which they were travelling, rammed a stationary truck at Satsang Vihar near Vani Vihar Square on National Highway-16 in Odisha capital late on Saturday.
The deceased were identified as Kumar Chandan (30) and Debashis Mishra (30) of Baramunda Housing Board Colony and Parsuram Harichandan (30) of Rasulgarh.
Eyewitnesses said the car was coming from Jayadev Vihar area towards Rasulgarh at a high speed. The impact of the accident was so severe that half of the front side of the vehicle was ripped off and some parts of its engine caught fire.
Saheed Nagar police rushed to the spot and took the three youths to the Capital Hospital, where the doctors pronounced them as brought dead.