Cong MP, 2 others injured in road accident

Sundergarh (Odisha), Feb 24: Lok Sabha MP from Sundergarh, Hemananda Biswal, and two others were injured on Feb 23 as their car met with an accident in Odisha's Sundergarh district, police said.

Biswal, also the former Odisha Chief Minister, has been shifted to a hospital in Rourkela after undergoing preliminary treatment at Sundergarh district headquarters Hospital, S Majhi, Sundergarh Sub-divisional Police Officer (SDPO), said.

Biswal's condition was stable, hospital officials said. Police said Biswal was on way from Sundergarh to Rourkela in his SUV when it hit against a road side culvert while trying to overtake a truck near Karamdihi, they said.

Biswal, who was sitting in the front seat, received head and chest injuries. Another person, said to be the ex-sarpanch of Laikera, who was also in the vehicle, sustained minor injury.

The driver of Biswal's vehicle was also injured. Locals rushed the three injured to hospital.

PTI