5 Die As Oil Tanker Crashes Into Tea Stall After Collision With Bus In Odisha’s Ganjam
Berhampur: A head-on collision between a bus and oil tanker claimed five lives Hinjilicut tehsil of Odisha’s Ganjam district in the early hours of Thursday.
Over 20 other sustained critical injuries as the oil tanker rammed into a tea stall following the collision.
According to sources, the accident took place at Samarjhola village around 5.30 am when the bus en route to Berhampur from Aska collided head-on with the oil tanker, which then veered off under its impact and crashed into a roadside tea stall. The deceased include people having tea at the stall and a passenger of the bus. Their identity is yet to be ascertained.
On being informed, police reached the spot and started a rescue operations. All the injured have been admitted to MKCG Medical College and Hospital here.
Expressing brief over the accident, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi announced Rs 2 lakh ex-gratia each for the next of the kin of the deceased and Rs 1 lakh for those critically injured.
