Four people were injured after a bus hit them from behind in Odisha’s Jajpur district Sunday, triggering a protest by locals, police said.

The accident occurred near Kujhala Chhak on the Bari-Kuakhia road under Jajpur Sadar Police Station limits when the passenger vehicle hit the four morning walkers, a senior officer said.

The injured, identified as Mantu Jena, Badal Jena, Chintu Jena and Rakesh Kumar Jena, hail from Kujhala village and are aged between 20 and 22, he said.

All four were admitted to the district headquarters hospital in Jajpur, the officer said.

Of the four injured, three were shifted to SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack after their condition deteriorated, family sources said.

Locals staged a protest, burnt tyres and blocked the road, demanding strict action

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