Kendrapara: At least four persons were killed and as many injured on Monday when a sports utility vehicle (SUV) carrying them collided head-on with a truck in Kendrapara district, police said. The accident happened near Kattia Chowk on the Cuttack-Chandaballi State Highway due to low visibility caused by dense fog, the police said.

The passengers of the SUV were travelling to Cuttack railway station from Kendrapara town to catch train to Mumbai, a police officer said. While three of them died on the spot, another passenger died at Nishintakoili Community Health Centre, the police officer said.