12 Killed, Many Injured As Two Buses Collide Head-On In Odisha’s Ganjam

TIL Desk/National/Berhampur/Twelve members of a marriage party were killed and seven others injured as their bus collided head-on with another bus in Odisha’s Ganjam district, police said on Monday.

The accident occurred late Sunday night near Digapahandi area on Berhampur-Taptapani road, around 35 km from here, when the bus with the wedding party members on board collided with another passenger vehicle, Berhampur Superintendent of Police Saravana Vivek M said.

After attending a wedding ceremony at Berhampur, they were returning to Khandadeuli near Digapahandi when the accident took place.

A team of police personnel rushed to the spot and rescued the injured persons and shifted them to hospitals, the SP said. “Seven members of a family and their relatives were among the 12 dead,” another police officer said.