Two school girls were run over by a speeding truck at Chapedapanka under the Mohana police station in Gajapati district on Thursday.
According to police sources, a speeding truck ran over the girl students when they were on the way to their home after school.
The deceased were identified as Sunita Nayak (13), a student of the Government High School and Debasmita Mahapatra (13), a student of Saraswati Sishu Vidyamandir. Both belonged to Chapedpanka village under the Mohana police limits, the police sources added. Following the information, police rushed to the spot and sent the bodies for autopsy. Police later seized the truck and arrested the driver Meghasen Marik of Mehaswarpur village.
After the accident, the irate mob blocked Berhampur-Rayagada road for hours together demanding compensation to the family members of the deceased. later the road was cleared by the police, said Mohana IIC Prasanta Bupati.