PM condoles lack of lives in highway accident in Odisha’s Koraput
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By Express News Service
BHUBANESWAR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday expressed grief on the lack of lives in an accident close to Murtahandi village in Koraput district’s Kotpad police limits on Sunday night.
At least seven individuals have been killed on the spot and two others succumbed at Kotpad group well being centre after the pickup van they have been travelling in hit a roadside tree and overturned. The 11 injured individuals have been shifted to Jagdalpur. “My thoughts are with all those who have lost their dear ones in the tragic accident at Koraput, Odisha. I hope those injured will recover at the earliest,” mentioned the Prime Minister in a tweet.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik additionally condoled the lack of lives within the highway accident. “Deeply saddened by the loss of precious lives in the road accident near Kotpad in Koraput district. My condolences are with the bereaved families in this hour of grief. I pray for the speedy recovery of all the injured,” mentionedPatnaik in a tweet.
My ideas are with all those that have misplaced their expensive ones within the tragic accident at Koraput, Odisha. I hope these injured recuperate on the earliest: PM @narendramodi
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) February 1, 2021
The accident happened on the National Highway at about 8.45 pm. The driver of the ill-fated car managed to flee after the incident. The pickup van, with a Chhattisgarh registration quantity, was carrying round 30 passengers which can have led to the casualties, police mentioned.
“The postmortem has been conducted on the deceased. Efforts are on to trace the driver of the pickup van,” mentioned a senior police officer.
The passengers had come from Nagarnar in Bastar district to attend the mourning rituals of considered one of their family members at Murtahandi in Koraput.
