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Four bus passengers killed

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BHUBANESWAR: At least four persons died and seven were injured when a passenger bus fell into the river Baitarani in Keonjhar district on Saturday morning.

The accident occurred when the bus fell into the river after it hit a truck while crossing the bridge near Turumuga around 4-30 a.m., police sources said.

More than 50 passengers were traveling in the bus when it met with the accident. The bus was on its way to Tatanagar in Jharkhand from the district headquarter town of Angul in the State.

The injured passengers were admitted to hospitals at Karanjia and Keonjhar town.

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