Bhubaneswar: Four persons, including a patient, were critically injured as an ambulance, in which they were travelling, hit a truck on the rear at Soro in Balasore district early this morning.

All the injured have been admitted to the District Headquarters Hospital, Balasore.

According to reports, the ambulance, cayying a  patient and his family members, was on its way to West Bengal when the mishap occurred.