Odisha: 10 killed, 15 injured after pick-up van overturns

Bhubaneshwar: At least 10 people were killed and 15 others received grave injuries after a pick-up van overturned carrying all the passengers in Odisha’s Koraput district on Sunday.

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The accident took place near Murtahandi under Kotpad police station limits when a group of around 30 people from neighbouring Chhattisgarh were returning to their village after attending a mourning ritual of a relative.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed grief over the tragic death of the 10 passengers and on which  he tweeted, “My thoughts are with all those who have lost their dear ones in the tragic accident at Koraput, Odisha. I hope the injured recover at the earliest.”