Chhatrapur: More than 15 people, including a bus driver, were injured after a private bus rammed into a truck from behind on National Highway 16 near Jagannathpur in Ganjam district Wednesday.
The bus, named ‘Mukteswar’, was travelling from Bhubaneswar to Brahmapur with more than 40 passengers when it hit the truck under the jurisdiction of Chamakhandi police station.
The impact severely damaged the front of the bus. Police and fire services personnel, assisted by local residents, rescued the injured and shifted them to MKCG Medical College and Hospital in Barhampur for treatment.
State Commerce and Trans port Minister Bibhuti Bhusan Jena, who was passing through the area at the time, stopped at the accident site and supervised the rescue operations.
Chamakhandi police removed the damaged vehicles from the road and launched an investigation into the accident.