Balasore/Jajpur: Two persons were killed while two other sustained grievous injuries in two separate incidents in Balasore and Jajpur district, Sunday.
In the first incident, a youth died after his motorcycle collided with a van on Jaleswar-Chandaneswar road at Batagram village under Bhogarai police limits here. The deceased was identified as Mukteswar Behera (24), a resident of Chowdhurybhaunri village in Rasalpur panchayat under the police limits.
According to sources, Behera was going to Jaleswar on his bike when the speeding van, which was coming from Chandaneswar, hit him. The youth fell off the bike following the collision and sustained critical injuries. Passersby rushed him to Jaleswar community health centre (CHC). However, doctors at the CHC pronounced him dead on arrival.
On being informed, the local police reached the CHC and seized the body for postmortem. A case (59/19) was registered in this regard.
Similarly, a person was killed while two others sustained critical injuries after they were hit by a speeding truck near Khosalipur on NH 53 in Jajpur district. The identity of the deceased and the victims were not known immediately.
According to sources, the trio was travelling on a motorcycle when they were hit by a speeding truck near Khosalipur. While one person died on the spot, two others were rescued and rushed to Badachana hospital.
Meanwhile, locals have demanded compensation to the family members of the deceased.
