16 injured in bus accident in Odisha

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Press Trust of India Jajpur (Odisha)
Last Updated : May 12 2014 | 7:08 PM IST
At least 16 members of a marriage party were injured, four seriously, when the bus in which they were travelling overturned on NH-215 near Benapur in Odisha's Jajpur district today, police said.
The mishap occurred when the bus from Anandapur in neighbouring Keonjhar district was headed for Cuttack after a wedding ceremony, they said.
Fire brigade personnel of Jajpur Road rushed to the site and rescued the injured with assistance of the local people. The injured were first admitted to Area hospital in Jajpur Road and later four critically injured were shifted to SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack after their condition deteriorated, police said.
Vehicular traffic between Jajpur Road and Anandapur was disrupted for about an hour following the mishap as the affected bus blocked the road. It was removed by police and fire brigade personnel.
The cause of the mishap is yet to be ascertained, the police said.
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First Published: May 12 2014 | 7:08 PM IST

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