Bus plunges into Orissa river, 3 dead

FATAL FALL: The bus was on its way from Angul to Jamshedpur when the mishap occurred.

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Keonjhar (Orissa): At least three persons were killed and around 20 others injured when a bus plunged into the Baitarani river near Kurmanga, about 30 kilometre from Keonjhar on Saturday morning.

The bus was on its way from Angul to Jamshedpur when the mishap occurred at around 0400 hrs, IST, the officer-in-charge of Kurmanga police station, Bijoy Murmu said.

There were between 40 to 50 passengers in the vehicle, he confirmed.Fire brigade personnel had so far retrieved three bodies from the water while around 20 persons had been rescued. Some others had managed to swim to safety as there was not much water in the river.

The rescue operation was on, Murmu said. The injured had been shifted to government hospitals here and at Karanjia.

The cause of the mishap is not known as yet. The vehicle had crashed through the railings before plunging into the water, Murmu added.