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At least five persons have been killed and around 40 others injured after a Kolkata-bound bus fell from a bridge in Odisha’s Jajpur district on Monday.
The incident took place around 9 pm on Barabati bridge on National Highway-16, when the bus with 50 passengers was en route to Kolkata from Puri, a report in PTI said.
VIDEO | Several injured as bus falls off flyover in Odisha’s Jajpur. More details awaited. pic.twitter.com/gmg0EPXRs3
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“Four men and a woman have died in the accident. Around 40 people are injured, and 30 of them are being taken to Cuttack SCB Medical College,” said Tapan Kumar Naik, Inspector in-Charge of Dharamshala Police Station.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik expressed grief over the deaths and announced an ex-gratia of Rs 3 lakh each for the next of kin of the deceased.
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