In a tragic accident on Tuesday mornig, as many as five people were killed and 15 others injured, five of them seriously, when the bus by which they were travelling had a head-on collision with a tractor in the Kherana forest near Rairangpur in Mayurbhanj district.
Getting information, police and other officials reached the spot and carried out rescue operations. The injured passengers were rushed to the Badampahar hospital.
The accident occurred when the bus was on its way to Rairangpur from Jashipur.
Expressing grief over the tragedy, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced an ex-gratia of `2 lakh to the family of each of the deceased. Besides, Patnaik directed for free treatment of the injured ones.