Three killed as ambulance carrying dead body crashes in Odisha
An ambulance transporting a deceased man from Bhubaneswar to Balangir district hit a culvert wall on National Highway 57.
Three people died and one person was critically injured after an ambulance crashed into a culvert wall in Odisha’s Nayagarh district on Diwali evening, according to reports by Odisha Bytes, Pragativadi and Kalinga TV.
The accident occurred around 5.30 pm near the Shalabhanga forest area on National Highway 57 under the Banigochha police station jurisdiction.
The ambulance was transporting the body of Iswar Sahu, a resident of Deogaon village in Balangir district, following his death at a hospital in Bhubaneswar.
The vehicle, which was travelling at high speed, hit a cement-concrete wall. The driver, Pratap Bag, and Shirsha Bag died following the crash, according to Pragativadi.
Mitra Bhanu Sahu, also known as Raju, the son of the deceased, survived the accident but was shifted to Nayagarh District Headquarter Hospital in critical condition.
Fire service personnel used gas cutters to recover the bodies from the damaged vehicle. Banigochha police have registered a case of unnatural death and launched an investigation to determine the cause of the crash.