Two die as bus overturns in Angul

Bhubaneswar : At least two persons died and 31 others were injured after a bus overturned in Angul district on Sunday, police said. The Odisha State Road Transport Corporation (OSRTC) bus was travelling from Baripada in Mayurbhanj district to Pallahada in Angul when the incident took place around 4 pm.

The vehicle overturned near Adhina Gaham village, after the driver lost control of the bus carrying around 50 to 60 passengers, SP Rahul Jain said.

The injured were admitted to the sub-divisional hospital at Talcher, and later seven with critical wounds were shifted to Angul district headquarters hospital, Jain said.

Two passengers were declared brought dead at the hospital, he added.