Bhubaneswar: Five members of a family from West Bengal had a close shave as they managed to get out of their car, which caught fire after hitting a truck in Odisha’s Cuttack district Tuesday, police said.
The incident happened on NH-16 near Tangi, they said.
The family was on the way to the temple town of Puri from West Bengal’s Purulia district, they said.
A fire engine reached the spot and doused the flames, but the vehicle was gutted in the blaze, they added.
The truck, which was hit from behind, received no major damage.
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