<span style="color: #222222;">In Odisha, seven persons died in a road accident in the Sambalpur district. According to reports, a vehicle carrying a marriage party lost control while negotiating a steep curve and plunged headlong into the waters of a roadside canal near Paramanpur late last night.<br />''<br />''Subsequently, while seven dead bodies were recovered from the water, three injured persons have been admitted to the local hospital.<br />''<br />''All the seven deceased belong to a village in the nearby Jharsuguda district.</span><br />