Baripada, April 1 : Nine persons ,including four women of a family,were killed and a child was injured on Sunday night when a truck hit an auto near
Baripada of Mayurbhanj District.
The three wheeler from Balasore was going to Baripada when the truck hit the auto.
A vegetable vendor's family members were returning home after attending a family function, when the mishap occured.
Barring the child ,all occupants of the auto including vegetable vender died in
the accident.
The injured child was taken to a nearby hospital.
This accident took place on the busy Kolkata-Chennai National Highway 18.
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