Berhampur: Three persons were killed and 40 others injured today when the bus they were travelling in fell off a road in Orissa's Ganjam district.The mishap occurred when the Berhampur-bound bus from Baliguda in Kandhamal district was negotiating a turn on the Ghat road near Gajalbadi, about 100 km from here," Ganjam SP Nitinjeet Singh said.
The injured, some of them in serious condition, were being treated at the hospitals at Daringibadi in Kandhamal district and Sorada in Ganjam district.
The police and fire brigade had rushed to the spot even as locals were engaged in rescue operation and helping the passengers moving to hospitals.
The dead persons were yet to be identified and Singh said efforts are on to provide medicine to the passengers.
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