Balasore: At least 50 passengers of a Kolkata-bound bus had a close shave following a head-on collision with a truck in Odisha’s Balasore Wednesday, police said.
The incident took place near Soro College Chhak on National Highway-16.
“It was a lucky escape for the passengers of the bus. Some of them suffered only minor injuries,” a police officer said.
The truck driver, however, was seriously injured and shifted to a hospital in Cuttack, he said.
He has been identified as Ramesh Chandra Pandey (53), a resident of Mangori village of Arha district in Bihar.
The bus driver fled the spot after the accident, the officer added.
PTI
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