A person died and 40 others were injured when a tourist bus in which they were travelling overturned near Dhauli on the outskirts of the capital city on Thursday afternoon.
The deceased was identified as Jagbal Haldal, an engineering student of Nadia district in West Bengal. According to reports, a tourist bus from Kolkata, carrying over 50 passengers, had gone to the hill-top Dhauli Shanti Stupa on Thursday morning.
However, while returning to the National Highway- 203, the bus overturned when the driver lost control of the vehicle at 4.30 pm. Following information, police rushed to the spot and rescued the injured people with the help of local people and admitted them to the Capital Hospital. Meanwhile, some critically injured persons have been shifted to SCB Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack.