Nayagarh: One person died while over twenty were injured after an OSRTC bus collided head-on with a tanker truck at Takara ghati under Daspalla police limits of Nayagarh district on Saturday.
As per sources, the bus was on its way from Kantamal to Jatni when the accident occurred. The truck driver identified as Subash Chandra Rout (34) of Golaganda village under Baideswar police limits of the district died on the spot.
On getting information, the police team from Daspalla and Banigochha and the fire brigade reached the spot and rescued the injured persons. All of them, including the bus driver, have been rushed to Daspalla Community Health Centre (CHC).
