Overview
- The car collided head-on with a truck under Duldula police station limits near Patratoli in the early hours, according to police.
- The impact crushed the vehicle and all five occupants died at the scene.
- Police identified the deceased as Ramprasad Yadav, 26, Uday Kumar Chauhan, 18, Sagar Triki, 22, Dipak Pradhan, 19, and Ankit Tigga, 17, all from Khatanga.
- Officers said the group was returning to their native village after attending an orchestra show at a fair in nearby Manora.
- Villagers alerted authorities, who recovered the bodies and sent them for post-mortem, while the truck driver fled and is being traced.