Nabarangpur (Odisha), Nov 12 (ANI): Three persons were killed and 15 others injured after a bus carrying them plunged into a gorge in Odisha's Nabarangpur district on Sunday.

The accident occurred near Jharigaon when the bus skidded on a hilly road and fell into the gorge.

The injured were taken to a hospital in Navarangpur. Two of them were later shifted to a Koraput hospital as their condition was stated to be serious, police said.

The bus belonged to a school and the passengers included teachers from Raighar, Nabarangpur, Umerkote and Jharigaon. (ANI)

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