Puri: A person was killed and two others were injured in a road mishap involving a pick-up van and a cement laden truck at Malatipatapur village on Puri-Bhubaneswar National Highway in this district.
The deceased was identified as Hemant Behera of Penthakata sahi in Puri town. The identities of the two injured, including the driver, are yet to be established.
Sources said, Hemanta along with his two relatives was on his way back to his village from Bhubaneswar in a pick-up van. There was dense fog on the stretch of the road, bringing down the visibility to below normal. Near Malatipatapur village, they could possibly not see the stationary cement laden truck and rammed into it.
On hearing the collision, locals rushed to the spot and rushed the trio first to Chandanpur government hospital and then to Puri district headquarters hospital (DHH) where doctors declared Hemanta received dead.
Police reached the spot, seized the vehicles and sent the body for post mortem. An investigation is on.
PNN