Two including patient killed, three critical as ambulance meets with accident in Odisha

19 Oct 2026, 04:18 by Subadh Nayak · KalingaTV

Bhadrak: In a heart-wrenching incident, two persons including a patient were killed while three others sustained critical injuries as the ambulance in which they were traveling to hospital met with an accident in Odisha’s Bhadrak district.

The ambulance was reportedly shifting a critical woman patient from Kharagpur to the SCB Medical College and Hospital in Kataka. However, it hit the roadside divider on National Highway 16 near Tisalpur Chhak of Bhadrak district. The accident reportedly occurred when the ambulance sideswiped a Bolero vehicle traveling along the national highway.

The deceased are said to be a woman and her grand-daughter while the critically injured persons are the woman’s son and daughter-in-law and another individual.

A team of local Fire Services team rescued the critically injured persons with the help of locals and admitted them to the Bhadrak District Hospital for treatment. The bodies of the deceased persons were also sent to the hospital for postmortem.

Upon receiving information about the tragic accident, the Bhadrak Rural Police arrived at the scene and launched an investigation. They also have detained the driver of the ambulance for interrogation.

A pall of gloom descended on the locality following the tragic accident that claimed the lives of two persons including that of a patient and left three others sustained.

Two including patient killed, three critical as ambulance meets with accident in Odisha

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