Overview

• The crash occurred near Khandahata on the Angul–Narsinghpur route, sending the auto-rickshaw into a pool of muddy water.
• Local residents and rescue teams extricated the occupants and rushed them to Angul District Headquarters Hospital.
• Doctors declared Mantu Muduli, Bansidhar Muduli and Kamala Sethi dead on arrival.
• Police identified the injured as Sunita Muduli and her 12-year-old son, who remain in critical condition.
• Authorities said the car hit the three-wheeler head-on before the driver fled, and the cause is under investigation with rash driving suspected.