Archive · 25 May 2025
Ambulance-Truck Collision in Jajpur: One Dead, Two Injured
Imagine an ambulance driving on the road.
Suddenly, it crashes into the back of a truck!
Sadly, the person helping in the ambulance died.
The driver of the ambulance and another person got hurt.
The accident happened in Jajpur, Odisha.
The police are looking into why it happened and think the ambulance driver may have been driving too fast.
They're trying to find out who was driving the truck too.
An ambulance crashed into a truck on NH-16 in Jajpur district, Odisha.
The ambulance helper, Achutananda Barik, was killed in the accident.
The ambulance was returning from SCB Medical College after dropping off a patient.
The ambulance driver and a pharmacist were injured; one was later transferred to SCB Medical College.
Police are investigating the incident, suspecting rash driving as the cause.
- Who
- Achutananda Barik (deceased), Kailash Panda (injured), Tapas Patra (injured), truck driver (unknown).
- What
- An ambulance crashed into a truck, resulting in one fatality and two injuries.
- When
- Early Saturday
- Where
- Rathia Chowk on NH-16 in Jajpur district, Odisha
- Why
- Under investigation; suspected rash driving
- Victim
- Achutananda Barik (ambulance helper)
- Injured
- Kailash Panda (ambulance driver), Tapas Patra (pharmacist)
- Location
- Rathia Chowk, NH-16, Jajpur district, Odisha
- Cause (Suspected)
- Rash driving