The police team rescued the injured persons…
On Monday, 26 June 2023, Police said, Twelve members of a marriage party were killed and seven got injured as their bus collided head-on with another bus in Odisha's Ganjam district.
Late Sunday Night, the accident took place near the Digapahandi area on Berhampur-Taptapani Road, around 35 km from here, when the bus with the wedding party members in it collided with another passenger vehicle, Berhampur Superintendent of Police Saravana Vivek M said.
They were returning to Khandadeuli after attending a wedding ceremony; when the accident took place.
A police team 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.
The injured are undergoing treatment at MKCG Medical College and Hospital and Digapahandi Hospital, he added.
“Two of them have been shifted to SCB Hospital Cuttack,” the officer said.
Meanwhile, the special relief commission has sanctioned Rs. 30, 000 to each of the injured persons for the treatment.
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