Bhadrak: Two people, including a 17-year-old girl, were killed and two others sustained critical injuries after an ambulance carrying a patient to the SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack rammed into an SUV and crashed into a road divider near Trishalpur Chhak on National Highway 16 in Odisha's Bhadrak district today.

The deceased have been identified as Malati Dandapath, 50, and her granddaughter, Khushi Guru, 17. Khushi was reportedly unwell, and the family was taking her from Kharagpur in West Bengal to SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack for treatment in a private ambulance.

Khushi's mother, Baruna Guru, and her husband, Shibanath Guru, sustained critical injuries in the accident.

According to the information available, the ambulance first hit an SUV from behind before crashing into the road divider.

The ambulance driver has been detained at the police station in connection with the accident.