Balasore (Odisha), April 10 A woman and her six-year-old son died when a heavy iron bar fell on them while they were travelling on the back of a truck from Chandikhole to Balasore in Odisha, police said on Friday.
A police official said the truck was carrying bundles of heavy iron bars, and seven members of a family were travelling in the vehicle, huddled amongst the bundles.
When the driver suddenly applied the brakes to the vehicle, an iron bar slipped from a bundle and fell on the mother and son, killing them, the official said, adding that another woman, also from the same family, was injured in the incident.
The deceased have been identified as Sambari Soren (25) and her son, Saurabh Soren, residents of Shyamsundarpur village in Balasore.
Police said the accident took place around 6 am when the family was returning from Paradip. They had taken a ride in the truck loaded with iron plates from Chandikhol in Jajpur district.
