A team of 11 members of the Red Cross Odisha State Branch on Tuesday helped in rescue operation with fire brigade personnel and ODRAF teams when a bus fell from the Mahanadi bridge in Cuttack.
The team led by Red Cross life member Chandan Kumar Mohanty rushed to the spot with required first aid materials and immediately started the rescue operation at the river bank and some through air boat with the ODRAF and fire brigade staffs.
The volunteers also assisted the medical staffs in and around the casualty and emergency wards. The rescue, first aid and general assistance operation of the team was commendable and highly appreciated. They also assisted the victims at the SCB Medical College Hospital on Wednesday.
Notably, on Tuesday evening at about 6.30 pm the bus collided with a buffalo in the middle of the bridge and as a result of which the bus lost its balance and fell from the bridge in which about 12 passengers died and many were severally injured.