"Bhubaneswar-Bound Bus Rams Into Truck; One Dead, Over 20 Injured"
Arpit Pattnaik
One person died, and two others were critically injured after a bus bound for Bhubaneswar collided with a truck near Jaraka Chhak on NH 16 in Odisha’s Jajpur district in the early hours of Monday.
The accident occurred when the bus, carrying 50 passengers and traveling from Baripada to Bhubaneswar, crashed into a parked truck loaded with fertilizer around 3 am. The bus's helper died at the scene, and the critically injured individuals have been transferred to SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack. Twenty others who sustained minor injuries received first aid at Dharmasala community health center.
Some passengers were rescued by breaking the bus's glass. Meanwhile, Dharmasahla police have seized both vehicles and launched an investigation.
