ONI Bureau: At least four people killed and 32 others injured when a bus skidded off a bridge near Goudapalli village in Sambalpur district on Tuesday night.
As per sources, the bus named ‘Maa Vaishnodevi’ was on its way from Sambalpur to Rairangpur when the driver lost control and it fell off the bridge from a height of 30 feet.
The injured were rushed to Sambalpur District Headquarters Hospital and Burla medical college.
The deceased were identified as Gopalchandra Mahant from Keonjhar, Saroj Routray from Puri, Ranjan Meher from Bijepur and Dilip Sahu from Keonjhar.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announces Rs 2 lakh ex-gratia for kin of those killed in the accident along with free medical checkup for the injured.