One person died while three others were critically injured in a head-on collision between two motorbikes at Sirigida under the Telkoi police station in the district on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Narendra Mohanty (32) of Amba Toila Sahi under Karadangi panchayat.
Sources said Narendra along with his cousin Subash Chandra Mohanta was on the way to Ranibeda when a two-wheeler coming from the opposite direction collided with his bike.
While Narendra died on the spot, Subash was critically injured. On the other hand, Basudev Mahanta (50) and his son Subrat (7) who were riding another motorbike were grievously hurt.
On being informed, police rushed to the spot and shifted the injured to Telkoi health centre. Basudev and his son were later referred to the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack.The police seized the vehicles and sent the body for postmortem.