Ramgarh (Jharkhand), Apr 22 (PTI) At least 10 tourists were injured in a head-on collision between a bus carrying tourists and a truck in Jharkhand's Deoghar district on Friday, police said.

The accident happened at Kenjhiya Valley on the Ormanjhi-Gola road, a state highway connecting NH-23 and NH-33 within the limits of Rajrappa police station of the district.

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The tourist bus, carrying 56, passengers was on its way to Deoghar in Jharkhand from Balangir in Odisha when it collided head-on with the truck, the Sub-divisional Police Officer (SDPO) of Ramgarh, Kishore Kumar Rajak, said.

The police, with the help of locals, rescued the tourists stranded inside the bus.

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The injured have been admitted to Sadar Hospital, Ramgarh.

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