Woman devotee among 2 killed in road mishap in Puri; 7 others critical

A day back, a group of devotees from Kolkata on their way to Puri were injured after the bus carrying them hit a stationary truck on National Highway-16 in Bhadrak.

The vehicle carrying the devotees from Andhra was completely damaged in the road mishap

As many as two people were killed on Sunday while 12 others sustained serious injuries in a tragic road mishap near Bhuiyan Square in Puri. A woman and an auto-driver lost their lives in the bone-chilling road accident.

The condition of seven of the injured persons is stated to be critical, reports said. All the injured have been admitted to Puri District Headquarters Hospital (DHH). The incident occurred when a car-carrying devotees from Andhra Pradesh was en route to Puri for darshan of Lord Jagannath.