Sundaragada: Around 25 passengers were injured, some of them critically, after a private bus carrying them overtnrned in Gurundia area of Odisha’s Sundaragada district on Friday.
According to preliminary information, the bus with over 40 passengers on board was travelling from Jharsuguda to Bonai in Sundaragada when it overturned near Madhupur under the jurisdiction of Gurundia police station.
The injured were rescued and given first aid before being shifted to hospitals in Bonai and Raurkela for further treatment. The circumstances leading to the mishap are yet to be ascertained.
Police reached the accident site after receiving information about the incident and initiated an investigation into the circumstances leading to the mishap.