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A woman was killed, and at least 15 others were critically injured after a pickup van overturned in Kelo under the Bonai Range on Monday. The victims, mostly labourers, were returning from a tree plantation programme organised by the Forest Department

Reports say the exact cause of the accident is still unclear. While some sources point to possible brake failure, others suggest the driver may have been distracted. The pickup, carrying nearly 30 passengers, including women and children, overturned on its way back from the plantation site.

Many of the women labourers had taken their young children along to the event. Several of t...