Bhubaneswar, May 25 -- At least six passengers were killed and 45 others sustained critical injuries after a bus carrying tourists overturned near Kalinga Ghat on Ganjam-Kandhamal border late Tuesday night.

Local residents along with police and fire teams rescued the wounded tourists from the ill-fated bus. Several of them were initially admitted to Bhanjanagar hospital.

However, as many as 15 injured tourists were shifted to MKCG Medical College and Hospital in Berhampur due to their critical health condition. As per MKCG authorities, all of them have been put under critical care treatment and they are responding to it well.

"Their condition is stable and there is no need to shift them to any other hospital," said an MKCG official.

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