Dhenkanal: At least two passengers were killed while 30 others were injured after a tourist bus fell off a bridge near Panchubati under Sadar police limits in Dhenkanal district on Monday.
The two persons who were killed in the mishap were women. The deceased has been identified as Renubala Jena and Bijayalakshmi Swain of Ichhapur village in Kendrapara district.
Police said the bus carrying 43 tourists from Kendrapara district was returning from Sambalpur and Bolangir districts when the driver lost control of the vehicle near Panchubati in Dhenkanal.
All the injured were first admitted to Dhenkanal district headquarters hospital. Later, 15 of them were shifted to SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack as their condition deteriorated.
