5 youth die on New Year’s eve
MONDAY, 02 JANUARY 2012 22:49
PIONEER NEWS SERVICE | BALANGIR
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Even as people all over the State and country were busy exchanging New Year wishes and enjoying the first day of the year celebrating it in their own ways, the residents of Balangir got a shocker with the death of five youths in a tragic road accident on Sunday afternoon at Kareldhuan village near Saintala, 40 km from here. They all belonged to Balangir town.
According to sources, seven youths from Balangir were travelling back home in a Maruti Swift after their New Year revelry at a distant place when, at around 2 in the afternoon, their car met with an accident near Kareldhuan village under Saintala police station.
While three youths died on the spot, two others succumbed to grievous injuries on their way to the District Headquarters Hospital here. One youth was referred to Burla for further treatment.
Another injured youth is undergoing treatment at the DHH till the last information was filed on Monday.