Cuttack: Four persons were injured in a vehicle pile up, involving 4 cars and a mini truck, on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Setu in Odisha’s Cuttack on Friday afternoon.
According to sources, the rear-end accident occurred when a speeding car suddenly applied brakes on the 2.81-km bridge across the Kathajodi, connecting the twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack. The airbag of one of the four-wheelers exploded under the collision. While the vehicles were also damaged in the accident, the injured have been admitted to the SCB Medical College and Hospital here for treatment.
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Police have reached the accident site and efforts are being made to remove the damaged vehicles to allow free flow of traffic on the bridge, the sources added.
