At least 12 people died and 20 were injured in a bus accident in Odisha’s Bhubneshwar on Sunday night. The accident occurred near Khemundi College under Digapahandi police limits of Ganjam district.
According to reports, the bus carrying wedding guests from Rayagada to Bhubaneswar collided with a government bus near Khemundi College of Digapahandi. Local police and fire personnel rushed to the site of the accident and admitted the injured persons to the Berhampur MKCG Hospital. More details are awaited.
In a similar incident earlier this year in February, at least 14 people died and 60 were injured in a road accident in which a cement-laden truck hit three buses parked on the side of a road on the Rewa-Satna border in Madhya Pradesh.
Eyewitnesses to the accident said that the truck hit the buses from behind and one of the buses overturned and fell into a ditch.
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Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced financial assistance of Rs 10 lakh to the kin of those killed in the accident and assured government jobs for them as well. Ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh was announced for those who received serious injuries.