Over 30 persons were injured when a picnic bus carrying them rammed into a truck at the Khuntuni Bazaar in Cuttack district early on Saturday morning.
The accident took place when around 60 persons, including women and children, were returning from Sambalpur by the bus after a picnic. The vehicle hit the truck from rear injuring more than 30 out of which five were critically injured.
The victims, all hailing from Gotalabindha village under the Balianta police limits in Khordha district, were admitted to the Athagarh Sub-Divisional Hospital. The bus driver fled the spot after the accident, sources said.