Bus & oil tanker collide in Odisha, ram into roadside tea stall; 5 killed, 20 hurt

A collision of three vehicles set off a chain of mishaps which left five persons dead and 13 others injured at Samarajhola Chowk under Hinjili police limits in Ganjam district early on Thursday morning.

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The accident occurred around 5 am when a bus, travelling from Aska to Berhampur, collided head-on with an oil tanker. The impact caused both vehicles to crash into a roadside tea stall. Three persons who were having tea, a bus passenger and helper of a truck parked at the scene died in the resultant mishap.

The collision was so severe that the tea stall was completely destroyed, and three people inside were crushed under the overturned vehicles which blocked the road leaving traffic movement impacted.