Bhubaneswar, Aug 27 - At least six people, including a child, were killed Thursday when the jeep in which they were travelling skidded off the road and dashed against roadside trees in a dense forest in Orissa's Sambalpur district.

The dead included the driver of the jeep besides four women, police said. The accident, in which five others were injured, took place on National Highway 6 near Rairakhol town, about 250 km from here.

The passengers were on their way from Dhama to Kapilash in Dhenkanal district, police said.