An aged woman tourist from Andhra Pradesh died and 10 others were injured when the bus in which they were travelling turned turtle on NH-5 near Mahipal under Kuakhia police station in Jajpur district, about 40 kms from here late on Monday night.
According to Jajpur SP A. K. Sahu, the driver lost control over the vehicle while negotiating a curve and overturned around 2.30 a.m. The bus was carrying nearly 55 tourists from Andhra Pradesh and over 40 persons were injured. “All the injured were immediately rushed to Dharmasala PHC from where the 11 critically injured were shifted to the SCB Medical College and Hospital at Cuttack,” Mr. Sahu said. The bus was on its way to some tourist destinations in North India, he added.
The hospital sources said ten of the critically injured, including eight women, are undergoing treatment in the emergency ward of the hospital.
Efforts are on to establish the identities of the injured so as to contact their relatives, said the casualty medical officer on duty.
The bus, carrying 55 persons, was coming from Andhra en route to tourist places in north India
