About 30 tourists from West Bengal sustained injuries as a bus, by which there were travelling, hit a stationary truck on the National Highway-16 near Seragarh under the Khantapada police limits in Baleswar district during wee hours of Saturday morning.
According to reports, the bus, “Gitanjali”, carrying around 70 passengers was on its way from Hoogly to Puri when the mishap occurred. The police patrolling team with help of the locals rescued the injured tourists and rushed them to the Community Health Centre (CHC), Khantapada. Later the critically injured passengers were shifted to the District Headquarters Hospital (DHH).
The driver of the bus managed to flee from the spot. However, the police have seized his mobile phone and are trying to locate him.