Bhubaneswar, April 15: 5 individuals, together with a girl, died whereas a number of different passengers sustained severe accidents after a bus fell off an overbridge on Nationwide Freeway-16 in Odisha’s Jajpur district on Monday night, officers mentioned. As per official sources, the bus, carrying round 55 passengers together with ladies and youngsters, was en path to Haldia in West Bengal’s East Medinipur district, when its driver reportedly misplaced management and the automobile fell off the overbridge close to Barabati Chowk within the Rasulpur space of Jajpur at round 8 p.m.
Upon receiving data, fireplace companies personnel from Rasulpur and Chandikhol fireplace stations instantly reached the accident spot and rescued the victims with the assistance of locals. Bus Accident in Odisha: A number of Injured After Passenger Bus Falls off Flyover on NH-16 Close to Jajpur’s Barabati (Watch Video).
Bus Falls off Overbridge in Jajpur
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STORY | 5 lifeless, 40 injured after Kolkata-bound bus falls from bridge in Odisha’s Jajpur
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The fireplace personnel rescued the injured utilizing fuel cutters. As many as 16 ambulances and cranes have been used within the rescue operation. Jajpur’s Superintendent of Police, a workforce of docs and different district administration officers additionally rushed to the accident spot to oversee the rescue operations.
As many as 40 injured passengers have been taken to the close by hospital in Dharmasala the place 5 individuals have been declared lifeless by the docs. In the meantime, greater than 10 passengers have been shifted to the SCB Medical Faculty and Hospital for superior remedy. Odisha Accidents: Eight Folks Killed in Two Separate Highway Mishaps in Ganjam and Balasore Districts.
Expressing sorrow over the tragic accident, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has expressed sorrow and introduced ex gratia of Rs 3 lakh every for the subsequent of kin of the deceased. He additionally declared that the state authorities would bear all of the medical bills for the remedy of the injured.
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