Tag: Accident

Balasore: In a tragic incident, helper of a tourist bus was killed after the ill-fated vehicle hit a truck near Sunakhania here on Sunday morning. According to sources, the incident took place while the bus was on its way to Chandipur from Kolkata. The ill-fated bus hit an iron-rod-laden stationary truck at Sunakhania leaving the […]

Baripada: In a tragic road mishap, seven persons were injured as a bus in which they were travelling lost control and hit a road-side tree near Kankumura square at Udala in Mayurbhanj district late on Thursday night. According to sources, the incident took place when the private bus-Nisamani was on its way Sarat from Udala. […]

Balasore: Former MLA Arun Dey was injured critically in an accident near Simulia College in the district today. He has been admitted to Simulia Health centre. His driver also sustained injuries and has been hospitalised. The incident took place when Dey was on his way to Simulia from Bhubaneswar. The car in which he was […]

Bargarh: In a tragic incident, two persons including a child were killed and four others sustained critical injuries in an accident near Haldipalli on Barpari road on Tuesday. The deceased have been identified as Debraj Singh and Dipak Seth of Ambapalli area. According to sources, the incident took place when three bikes collided with each […]

Angul: Five passengers and a motorcyclist died while 34 passengers were injured, 18 of them seriously, after a private bus in which they were travelling fell off a bridge near Tukuda under Jarpada block, about 20 km from Angul, on National Highway-55 after colliding with a bike this afternoon. Reports said the ill-fated bus Janhamamu […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after 20 people died in the gruesome fire mishap in Sum Hospital here, a startling fact has come to fore that the ill-fated hospital was operating without State government’s Fire Safety Certificate, a pre-requisite to run a hospital. An official document obtained by OTV shows that the hospital had violated guidelines pertaining […]

New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday wrote to the Governor of Odisha condoling the loss of lives due to a massive fire at a Bhubaneswar hospital and prayed for the injured. “I am sad to learn about the unfortunate massive fire at the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital in Bhubaneswar, in which […]

Bhubaneswar: The Congress party on Tuesday demanded a judicial probe into the Sum hospital fire mishap which took as many as 20 lives yesterday. Besides it said Rs 25 lakh compensation and a job to kin of each of the deceased must be given. Addressing newsmen Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Prasad Harichandan said, […]

Rayagada: In a tragic incident, a person was killed in accident near Kaliaguda under Tikiri police limits in the district on Wednesday morning. The deceased has been identified as Bibhisana Nayak. According to sources, the incident took place in the morning today when Nayak was returning home on his bike after shopping from the local […]

Bhadrak: In a tragic incident, two persons died and nine critically injured when the Bolero they were travelling in overturned near Bhandaripokhari in Bhadrak district during the wee hours on Monday. The deceased were identified as Dhania Singh and Mamata Mandal of Maitapur area in Baleswar district. All the injured were admitted to the Bhadrak […]

Jharsuguda: Tension ran high at Beheramal Chhak on the outskirts of Jharsuguda town here this morning following the death of a teenage girl who was run over by a speeding truck. Reports said the deceased, identified as Pritimayee Patel was on the way to Siriapali from Jharsuguda with her parents on a bike. While on […]

Paradip: In a tragic incident, a man and his son-in-law were killed when a truck run over their bike at Hatitanki area here on Saturday morning. The deceased have been identified as Dibakar Parida of Mangarajpur and his son-in-law Benudhar Tarai of Nanukhiania. Following the accident, tension ran high in the locality as locals stage […]

Soro: In a tragic incident, two persons were killed and five others including a one-year-old baby sustained critical injuries after a speeding trailer hit a Scorpio vehicle in which they were travelling near an over bridge at Jamujhadi in Simulia late on Friday night. While one deceased has been identified as Ratnamani, the identity of […]

Bhubaneswar: Members of Odisha Private Bus Owners’ Association on Monday met Transport minister Ramesh Majhi and demanded withdrawal of case against Rishabh Tripathy, the owner of ‘Maharaja’ bus. At least 21 passengers were killed and 20 others injured when the Athmallik-bound ill-fated bus fell off a bridge near Angul on September 10. The Association termed […]

Talcher: In a tragic incident, a Class-v student was run over by a truck at Balhar Chhak here this morning. The deceased was identified as Diptesh Behera. The incident took place when he was going to tuition on his bicycle and hit by the truck. Behera died on the spot. Angry over the incident, some […]