Bhubaneswar/Choudwar/Champua: At least 30 persons were injured in three separate road accidents in the state on Saturday.
The first incident was reported from Bhubaneswar when a picnic bus carrying 40 students rammed into a stationary bus from the rear on CRP fly-over. As many as 15 people including the driver and helper of the bus were injured in the incident. They were admitte
d to Capital Hospital for treatment.
d to Capital Hospital for treatment.
The bus was on its way to Kapilash from Banapur when the mishap occurred at around 3 am, police sources said.
Similarly, ten people were injured, two of them seriously, after a bus named ‘Mahalaxmi’ which they were travelling in collided with a truck on National Highway-55 at Choudwar in Cuttack district.
The ill-fated bus was heading towards Cuttack from Bhatarika when the accident took place.
In another incident, five passengers were injured when a bus named ‘Tapaswini’ in which they were travelling overturned near Katulikana in Champua of Keonjhar district.
Those injured were rushed to Champua hospital for treatment.