Thirty tourists were injured when a private bus carrying around 60 passengers on a picnic trip to Tara Tarini and Siddha Bhairabi in Ganjam district turned turtle on NH-5 near Rambha, 45 km from here, on Wednesday morning.
The bus from Bhatabandha under the Nimapada police station in Puri district rolled over thrice after the driver lost balance. Drowsiness of the driver was the cause of accident, said passengers.
The victims were rushed to the Chhatrapur Sub-Divisional Hospital for their first aid and later they were shifted to the MKCG Medical College Hospital at Brahmapur with the help of the Rambha police.
In the accident, four persons lost their legs, 12 lost their hands, five received severe head injuries and three persons lost their ears. A victim said 10 of the 30 critically injured were later shifted to hospitals like Apollo and other Bhubaneswar-based hospitals and SCB Medical College, Cuttack as their conditions deteriorated.