A woman died and 20 other people, mostly students, sustained injuries when a picnic bus carrying them collided head on with a truck near Maichheli village under the Nuagaon police limits in Nayagarh district early on Monday morning.
The deceased was identified as Tuni Pradhan, an ASHA Worker hailing from Khandapada in the district.
While the injured were admitted to a nearby
hospital, two of them were later shifted to the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack as their conditions deteriorated.
According to reports, students of the Veenapani Coaching Centre at Bhagabanpur under Bhapur block had on Sunday gone to Sambalpur with their parents and tutors for a picnic.
The tragedy struck on their return journey as their bus collided with the truck. Both the vehicles overturned under the impact of the
collision.