Kataka: At least 10 passengers were injured, while two sustained critical injuries after a bus met with an accident near the Bandalo (Manguli) Toll Gate on National Highway 16 in Kataka on Sunday.
According to reports, the bus, ‘Shri Ganesh’, was travelling from Jajpur to Bhubaneswar when it hit the divider at the Bandalo toll gate and overturned.
Following the incident, Tangi police and NHAI personnel rushed to the spot and rescued the passengers. The injured were subsequently shifted to SCB Medical College and Hospital in Kataka for treatment.
More than 40 passengers were reportedly travelling on the bus at the time of the accident. While 10 passengers sustained injuries, the condition of two of them was stated to be critical. The critically injured passengers were shifted to SCB Medical College and Hospital in an NHAI ambulance.
