Balangir: Five people were burnt alive on Thursday after a government passenger bus hit a tree and caught fire in Odisha. The incident took place in the Bolangir district of Odisha. Two others were seriously injured in the incident.
The passenger bus from Bhubaneswar was proceeding towards Sinapalli in Nuapada when the mishap took place near Puintala, three km from here, in the early hours, police said.
The injured were admitted to Bolangir District Headquarters Hospital. Two of them were later shifted to VSS Medical College and Hospital at Burla in a critical condition, police said.
Two of the five deceased were identified as Sakuntala Devi Agarwal (55) and her grandson Srianshu Goel (6) of Boudh, while efforts are on to identify others, they said.
The driver and conductor of the bus fled from the spot after the mishap.
(With Additional Inputs From PTI)
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