Bhawanipatna, Mar 19 (PTI) Fifteen people were injured as an auto-rickshaw in which they were travelling overturned in Odisha's Kalahandi district on Tuesday, police said.

The accident happened near Jamulighati in Madanpur Rampur block, they said.

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Those travelling in the auto-rickshaw were on the way to a wedding, police said.

The injured passengers were admitted to the Mohangiri primary health centre.

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Six of those injured were later shifted to the Bhawanipatna Government Hospital as their conditions turned critical, police said.

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