Jajpur: At least 20 passengers were injured, several of them critically, after a Puri-bound bus from West Bengal rammed into a static truck near Badachana overbridge in Odisha’s Jajpur district on Friday.
According to preliminary information, the accident occurred between 5 am and 6 am when the bus, carrying around 55 passengers from Medinipur in West Bengal to Puri, dashed against the truck parked on the roadside of the overbridge.
The truck was parked on the roadside after it encountered a tyre puncture. The bus driver is suspected to have dozed off and lost control over the wheels, causing the vehicle to ram into the stationary truck. Passengers of the bus were caught off guard by the sudden collision.
After getting information about the accident, Badachana police and local residents rushed to the spot and rescued the injured passengers. The injured were taken to Badachana Community Health Centre (CHC) for treatment.
Two critically injured passengers were later shifted to SCB Medical College and Hospital at Kataka, while the rest were undergoing treatment at Badachana.
Arrangements were made to send the other passengers to their respective destinations in another bus, sources said.