Baragarh: At least 19 passengers were injured after a bus overturned near Kusanpuri in Barpali in Odisha’s Bargarh district late on Thursday.
According to sources, the accident took place when the bus hit a divider while en route to Koraput’s Damanjodi from Sambalpur. The injured were rescued and admitted to district headquarters hospital.
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While police have launched an investigation to ascertain the circumstances leading to the accident, the passengers claimed that the driver, who fled the spot, was drunk.
