Five police personnel die in head-on collision between their vehicle and truck in Odisha

5 police personnel were killed and three others were struggling with for life following a head-on collision between their car and a stone chips-laden truck on National Toll road 49 in Odisha’s Jharsuguda district within the wee hours of Sunday (February 22, 2026).

Eight police personnel were getting back from the marriage of a police constable in Rengali space below Lakhanpur police achieve, when the accident that took space in entrance of the Jharsuguda Sadar Police Space. It used to be severe ample that five police personnel died on the plight.

Locals and police personnel recovered accident victims from the mangled car and rushed to Jharsuguda District Headquarter Scientific institution.

Senior law enforcement officers rushed to well being facility to evaluate the thunder. The truck driver has been detained, and the automobile has been seized as police have confidence launched an investigation into the incident.