Overview
- A Bhubaneswar‑bound bus travelling from Daringbadi left the Nayagarh bypass, hit a road divider and fell about 20 feet into a paddy field before overturning.
- About 40 people were on board and roughly 30 were hurt; most were treated as stable at Nayagarh District Headquarters Hospital and two serious cases were transferred to Bhubaneswar for further care.
- Police said the driver lost control after striking the divider and passengers escaped the overturned bus by breaking the windshield.
- Local police and firefighters reached the scene and carried out a rescue operation before taking the injured to hospital.
- Residents and officials have raised road safety concerns at the site, where locals say multiple accidents have occurred recently, and authorities have opened an initial inquiry into the crash.