Baripada (Orissa): At least 40 pilgrims from Andhra Pradesh, including 22 women, were injured, when their bus rammed into a tree at Budhikhamari near here today.
The mishap took place on National Highway no. 5 when the driver tried to negotiate a sharp turn, police said.
The injured were admitted to the district headquarter hospital here where the condition of 20 of them was stated to be critical, the police said.
