**Athagarh: ** A bus laden with passengers overturned on Wednesday morning over a culvert (small bridge) killing one person and injuring around 20 when it was on its way from Cuttack to Narsinghpur within Khuntuni police limits near Totapada village.
Notably, the driver of the bus lost control when a truck came from the front and both the heavy vehicles tried to cross the bridge simultaneously. While the truck managed to cross the bridge successfully, the the bus fell down from the bridge.
The driver of the bus is reported to be absconding. One of injured, supposedly very serious has been referred to SCB Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack.