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The injured students are Sital Sahu, Urbashi Sahu, Diptirekha Sahu, and Barsha Rani Mohanty. BHUBANESWAR/BALASORE: At least five school children were killed and four others seriously injured after a speeding truck run over them near the National Highway-16 at Rahanja in Bhadrak district on Thursday. We had also written to the government to shift the school to a safer place as it is located alongside the NH.” Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee president Niranjan Patnaik expressed his condolence in the sad demise of school children and said lives of children in the state are unsafe. The accident occurred at around 4.30 pm when the students of Ranitel High School were returning home on their bicycles.“It is a very unfortunate incident. All are students of class-IX in Ranital High School in Bhadrak district.Bhadrak Collector Gyana Ranjan Das said the speeding 10-wheeler truck ran over the students when they were crossing the road at Rahanja on NH-16..