Balasore: In a tragic incident, two persons were killed and several others sustained serious injuries when a passenger bus collided with a stationary truck on National Highway-16 in Jaleswar area of Odisha's Balasore district late last night.

According to reports, the ill-fated bus was travelling from Narsinghpur in Dhenkanal district to Kolkata with over 40 passengers on board. Around 3 AM, the vehicle rammed into the rear of a truck that had broken down on the road near Lakshmannath in Jaleswar.

The impact of the collision was so severe that the driver, identified as Mir Abdul Rahim (39) of Salepur area in Cuttack district, and the helper, Nrusingha Kathua (40) of Mahanga, died on the spot.

Victims Hospitalised

Fire service personnel rushed to the site and rescued the injured passeng

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