Two persons from Odisha were killed in a bus accident in Andhra Pradesh which claimed at least 11 lives early on Tuesday morning.
The deceased Odias were identified as Bidya Pathi and Baladev Singh of Bhubaneswar.
The bus, bearing registration number AP02-TC-7146 and carrying around 48 passengers from Bhubaneswar to Hyderabad, fell off a bridge near Mollapadu in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh early on Tuesday morning.
The driver and helper of the bus also died in the mishap. The driver was suspected to be feeling sleepy which led to the tragedy.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik expressed grief over the incident and spoke to his Andhra Pradesh counterpart N Chandrababu Naidu to extend all possible help to the victims.
Besides, on the day, three people, including a woman and a student, were killed and two other persons were seriously injured in two separate road accidents in Jajpur and Sundargarh districts.
In Jajpur, a woman and her son-in-law were killed after a truck hit their bike in front of the Binjharpur block office. The deceased were identified as Janjali Sethi and Ajay Kumar Sethi of Kumbharia village. Police seized the truck and started investigation into the case.
In the other mishap, a student was killed while two others sustained serious injuries after being hit by a truck in front of the Dalmia College in Rajgangpur of Sundargarh district.
Following the accident, irate students of the college staged a road blockade and demanded compensation for the kin of the deceased and the injured. However, police managed to pacify the agitation and cleared the traffic.