Two major road accidents in Odisha leave one dead and 20 injured

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Bhubaneswar: One person died and at least 20 were injured in two separate road accidents that took place in Odisha on Friday, following which police have initiated investigations at both the sites.

One such case was the fatal road accident on Luhamunda flyover under Handapa police limits in Angul district.

As per reports, the vehicle involved in the crash was a private passenger bus, named Dilkhush was reportedly travelling from Bhubaneswar to Jharsuguda when it rammed into a truck from behind.

At the time of the crash about 25 people were travelling in the bus. The impact was so severe that it killed the bus helper and as many as 14 passengers were seriously injured and rushed to the Angul district headquarter hospital.

Soon after the news spread, the police arrived and have started searching for the reasons behind the crash.

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In another incident which took place was in Mayurbhanj district near Churuni Chhak under the Betanati police station where the driver of a Scorpio along with five others suffered injuries as the vehicle rammed into a trailer near a petrol pump on National Highway-16 around 4:30 AM in the morning.

According to reports, the passengers were travelling from Bihar to Puri when the mishap took place at a petrol pump near Churuni Chhak as the trailer was reportedly taking a turn towards the fuel station.

The six injured people including two children, were rushed to the Betanati hospital and then shifted to Baripada medical college and hospital for further treatment.

Further investigation is underway.

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