40 migrants injured as bus skids off road in Odisha

About 40 migrant workers sustained injuries as the bus in which they were travelling overturned on NH-60 in Odisha's Balasore today. As per reports, the ill-fated vehicle was carrying around 50 migrant workers from Kerala to Kolkata.

Balasore: As many as 40 migrants were injured when a bus carrying them from Kerala to West Bengal skidded off the road on national highway 60 near Laxmannath toll gate in Odisha on Thursday, police said.

On being informed, police and fire brigade rushed to the spot and started rescue operation. The victims have been admitted to Jaleswar Community Health Centre for immediate treatment.

Thirty people from West Bengal's Bardhman district and ten from Birbhum district, were returning to their native places from Kerala's Malayalampur when the accident took place.

Arrangements are being made to send them to their destination in another bus, police said.

(with inputs from PTI)