Latest News | 2 Killed as Tractor Overturns in Odisha's Balasore

Balasore (Odisha), Apr 30 (PTI) Two youths died when a tractor in which they were travelling overturned in Odisha's Balasore district on Wednesday, police said.

The incident occurred at Talakurunia village under Gopalpur police station limits.

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The deceased were identified as Satyajit Malik (20) and Dinesh Panigrahi (18), police said.

They were using the tractor to collect paddy from agricultural land.

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The driver saved his life by jumping out of the vehicle before it rolled down a roadside ditch and overturned, police said.

The local people took the injured youths to nearby Gopalpur community health centre where doctors declared them as brought dead.

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