India, Aug. 12 -- A major mishap was averted after a family miraculously escaped as their car caught fire following a rear-end collision with a truck on NH 16 in Odisha's Cuttack distrcit today.

The incident was reported from Nirgundi overbridge early in the morning at around 6 am, halting traffic movement for a long while. As per reports, the people in the car were heading from Kolkata towards Puri for Jagannath darshan when their vehicle hit a truck from behind. Eyewitnesses said the speeding truck suddenly slowed down and as the car was behind it, it rammed into the heavy vehicle. The collision was so severe that the car burst into flames. However, the family travelling in it somehow managed to open the doors and escape unharmed.

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