Bhubaneswar: At least five people, including two women, were killed in a collision between a truck and a bus with passengers on board in Odisha’s Sundargarh district Thursday, police said.
The accident occurred on National Highway 520 around 11 am at a place near K Baling Police Station, a senior officer said.
“Five people were killed in the accident. Five others were critically injured,” he said.
Local police, fire and emergency service personnel have been engaged in the rescue operation, he said, adding that injured persons have been taken to a nearby government hospital.
According to K Baling Police Station Sub-Inspector Basudev Behera, the accident occurred when the bus was travelling on the wrong route due to road repair work.
The bus was en route to Koida from Rourkela when the accident occurred.
