Tag: Bus Accident

Sambalpur: One person died while 30 others have been injured when a bus carrying them turned turtle at Naksapalli on NH-55 late on Saturday night. Sources said, a bus named Jagabandhu which commutes between Bargarh and Bhubaneswar lost control near Naksapalli on Angul-Sambalpur national highway and toppled. The exact reason for the accident is yet […]

Macchagaon (Jagatsinghpur): Five people have been injured when a bus going towards Cuttack from Apandara overturned near a river embankment road in Macchagaon. The injured were initially rushed to the Macchagaon PHC and later shifted to the Balikuda community health centre as their condition deteriorated. Bus passengers said the driver of the vehicle ‘Chakadola’ lost […]

Phulbani: As many as 10 persons were injured, two of them critically, as a bus carrying them met with an accident on NH-157 near Ranipathar Ghati in Kandhamal district late last night. The injured were immediately rushed to the district headquarters hospital, Phulbani. Two critically injured were shifted to MKCG Medical College and Hospital in […]

Baripada: At least five persons were killed and five others sustained facial and other injuries today when the bus they were travelling in collided head-on with a tractor at Kherana forest near Rairangpur in Mayurbhanj district. The injured passengers have been admitted to Badampahad hospital. The tragic accident took place when the ill-fated bus was […]

Vijayawada/Bhubaneswar: In a tragic incident, 11 passengers including 2 from Odisha were killed and more than 30 injured when Hyderabad bound private bus from Bhubaneswar, met with an accident at Mulapadu under Telugunchi panchayat near Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh on National Highway-16 in the wee hours today. While the bus driver and the helper among […]

Jeypore: One person was killed and 12 others were seriously injured in a bus accident at Jeypore in Koraput district on late last night. The injured passengers have been admitted at Jeypore Subdivisional hospital. According to sources, the bus was travelling from Visakhapatnam to Malkangiri, when suddenly the driver lost control of the bus and […]

Keonjhar: As many as 14 persons were injured after a private bus in which they were travelling lost control and overturned after hitting a tree in Kaliaprasad area here in the wee hours on Thursday. According to sources, the incident took place at around 4.30 am today when the bus- Dildar was on its way […]

Nabarangpur: In a tragic mishap, three passengers including a kid were killed and many injured when an Odisha State Road Transport Corporation (OSRTC) bus plying from Nabarangpur to Vishakhapatnam of Andhra Pradesh overturned near Ramabhadrapuram of Vizianagaram district late last night. The OSRTC bus bearing registration no – OR-10J 0173 met with the accident near […]

Bhubaneswar: Following the deadly bus accident in Angul in which 19 persons were killed and 30 others were critically injured after a bus fell off a bridge, the State government has woken up to decide that speed governors will be installed in all passenger buses. In a meeting between the bus owners association and the […]

The Angul District Police today nabbed the driver of the ‘Maharaja’ bus, Birendra Behera, after a chase on the Athamallick-Sambalpur route

Bhubaneswar: A day after the tragic incident in which 19 passengers were killed in a road accident in which 19 people were killed and 30 others were critically injured, Transport Commissioner Chandrasekhar Kumar today said the Regional Transport Officer (RTO) has submitted a preliminary report on the incident mentioning that the mishap took place due […]

Angul: College Students’ Association and locals of the town called for Athamallick bandh on Saturday condoling the death of 19 people who lost their lives in a tragic bus accident on Friday. The members of the association also demanded Rs 5 lakh compensation to kin of each of the deceased. Shops, schools and other business […]

Angul: The four-member team, probing into the Athmallick bus accident in which 19 people were killed and 30 others were critically injured, submitted its report to Angul collector which said overloading and careless driving are reasons behind the tragic accident. According to sources, the investigating team-which constitutes Athamallick sub-collector, SDPO, SDMO and Angul RTO also […]

Nayagarh: As many as 12 persons were injured when a bus veered off road and fell into the Mahanadi river near Dankarisahi under Gania block of Nayagarh district this morning. All the injured were admitted to the Gania hospital following the accident. Out of the injured, five were later shifted to the Nayagarh district headquarters […]

Three passengers were killed and over 30 others injured when a private bus in which they were travelling overturned near Janibili village under Dharakote block in Ganjam district on Monday