Van Overturns in Balasore; 15 Injured

Reporters Today, Balasore: Near about15 laborers were injured, eight of them critical, when a pick-up van in which they were travelling on overturned on NH 60 near Gudikhal chhak under Basta police limits in Odisha’s Balasore district today.

All the injured were immediately rushed to Community Health Centre in Basta. However, eight seriously injured labourers were shifted to the District Headquarter Hospital.

The labourers reportedly belong to Jaleswar area. The accident occurred when the vehicle laden with a cement concrete mixer machine and around 20 labourers were on its way to Armada from Jaleswar, an injured labourer said adding that the driver of the vehicle lost control.