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30 injured as bus overturns

CUTTACK: At least 30 passengers were injured, three of them seriously, when the bus in which they were travelling overturned near Sisua Bazaar under the Salipur police station, about 20 km from here, on Sunday morning. Seven of the injured were discharged from the local hospital after treatment while three critically injured were shifted to SCB hospital here, according to the police. Reports reaching here said that the bus heading towards Korua with nearly 60 passengers in it from here overturned as the driver of the bus lost control. The bus driver was reportedly talking over his cell phone and was driving with only one hand on the steering wheel when the accident occurred, the police said.

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