At least six people, including four women, were killed and 30 others injured on Thursday after the bus in which they were travelling collided head-on with a truck on the National Highway No. 520 in Odisha’s Sundargarh district, police said.
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At least six people, including four women, were killed and 30 others injured on Thursday after the bus in which they were travelling collided head-on with a truck on the National Highway No. 520 in Odisha’s Sundargarh district, police said.
Vehicular traffic on the busy highway connecting the mining hinterland of Sundargarh district has been disrupted.
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In the accident on NH, which comes under Balanga Police Station jurisdiction in Koida block, several people are still trapped in the ill-fated bus that was carrying around 60 passengers. Teams of fire brigade stations and police personnel rushed to the spot to rescue the passengers trapped inside the badly-mangled bus.
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Both the four-wheelers were running at a breakneck speed, and that might have led to the fatal crash, police said, adding that around 30 injured, most of them critically, have been shifted to a nearby hospital.
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