A bus carrying injured passengers from Odisha's Balasore met with an accident in West Bengal's Medinipur on Saturday, June 3. The bus was carrying passengers that were injured in the three-train mishap in Odisha's Balasore district on June 2. The bus collided head-on with a pick-up van in the area.
Several people on the bus are feared to have suffered minor injuries. The injured passengers were sent to different districts in Bengal for treatment.
The impact of the collision was so severe that the bus overturned and the van was completely destroyed. All the passengers in the bus were injured, and a few of them were critically injured. They were rushed to a nearby hospital, where they are undergoing treatment.
The driver of the bus and the driver of the van were also injured in the accident. They were also taken to the hospital for treatment. The police have registered a case and are investigating the matter. The cause of the accident is not yet known.
Over 250 people were killed and more than 1,000 injured in the train crash involving the Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, the Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express and a goods train in Odisha's Balasore on Friday.
The accident occurred near the Bahanaga Baazar station in Balasore district, roughly 250 km south of Kolkata and 170 km north of Bhubaneswar, around 7 pm.
The Army was also called in to help the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), the Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF), several fire units, and ambulances with the rescue effort.
