Balasore: At least 30 injured in two separate bus accidents

Balasore: At least 30 people were injured in two separate bus accidents in Odisha’s Balasore district Thursday, police said.

A Puri-bound bus carrying about 50 people from Muraroi area in West Bengal’s Birbhum district was hit from behind by a truck near the Laxmannath toll gate on national highway (NH) 60 in which 20 people including the truck driver and helper were injured, the police said.

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The injured persons were taken to the government hospital at Jaleswar in the district.

In another accident on national highway 60 near Haldipada on early Thursday morning, a Rajkanika bound passenger bus starting its journey from Howrah in West Bengal skidded off the road and fell into roadside ditch in which 10 people were injured, the police said.