The mishap was reported from Tulasipalli area under Bhanjanagar Police limits of Ganjam district. While two persons died on the spot, the injured were rescued by locals and hospitalised.
Tension erupted in the area following the mishap. Angry locals launched a tyre-burning agitation on the National Highway 57 protesting the deaths and seeking compensation.
The Police said the driver of a mini-bus lost control on the wheel at Sila village of Billawar area in Kathua.
As per initial reports, the SUV involved in the accident was reportedly hired for Northern Range Revenue Divisional Commissioner (RDC) Secretary. The RDC Secretary is reportedly out of town on medical grounds.
The bus bearing registration number of OR 02 BB 9777, was enroute to Patrapur in Ganjam from Rayagarh in Gajapati, when the driver lost control.
In a series of tweets, India wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant said that his surgery was a success.
Tension erupted in the area following the mishap as students blocked NH 55 in front of the college protesting the death.
Pant is undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Dehradun after suffering multiple injuries as his car collided with a road divider and caught fire on the Delhi-Dehradun highway.
Two people died after the scooter they were riding on hit a stationary truck in Jajpur district on Monday night while two others died in a bus-car collision in Kalahandi district.
Patel said that the bus driver had suffered a heart attack stroke which led to the accident.
The ambulance carrying patients was en route to neighbouring West Bengal from AIIMS, Bhubaneswar.
The tragic incident happened during vehicle checking by the RTO enforcement squad.
The fatal accident claimed the lives of four persons including three members of a family and a neighbour. The car in which the four persons were travelling in was found in an abandoned well by the side of Kondagaon road on Monday.
The injured have been admitted to SCB Medical College and Hospital in critical condition.
Gas tanker overturns on NH-16 in Kalahandi. Tanker topples on highway at Karlapada. No casualties in the accident. Heavy leakage of gas from tanker after mishap.
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