Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday announced ex-gratia of Rs1 lakh each to the family of the five people who died in the ambulance accident in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday.
The medical expenses of all the injured undergoing treatment in Andhra Pradesh would also be borne by the Odisha Government, Patnaik said.
Four members of a family from Baleswar and the driver of the ambulance died when the van fell into a culvert and overturned near Elamanchili on the NH 16, around 60 km from Vishakhapatnam.
Three including the driver died on the spot while the infant and another succumbed to injuries at the King George Hospital in Visakhapatnam.
The tragedy took place when 10 members of the family were returning to their native place at Aruhabruti village under Bhograi block in Baleswar district from Hyderabad in an ambulance carrying the dead body of an old man of the family.