Three killed as train hits vehicle in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Three people were killed when a passenger train rammed into their vehicle in Odisha's Nuapada district Sunday, police said.

The accident took place at an unmanned level crossing near Kalyanpur, about 550 km from the state capital Bhubaneswar.

The car carrying them was crossing the railway track, district superintendent of police Sunil Joshi told IANS.

The Bhabanipatna-Raipur passenger train, which was on its way to Raipur hit the vehicle killing all three people including the driver on the spot, he said.