Soro: Identities of all the six killed in the tragic bus accident at Bidu Chowk here have been established.
They are Sangita Murmu (14) of Mugunipur village under Soro police limits, Bijaylaxmi Priyadarshini (10) of Udala area, Sandip Kumar Bangal (23) of Kamli under Khunta police limits, and helper of the ill-fated bus Chandray Hembram (40) of Hathibandh, Pinki Hansida and her son Hemala.
Notably, at least six persons were killed and several others sustained critical injuries, when a private bus named Shantilata en route to Bhubaneswar from Udala in Mayurbhanj district, met with an accident after being hit by a coal-laden truck from behind at Bidu Chhak on NH-16 under Soro police limits in Balasore district today afternoon.