Priyanka Jena, a student of +2 1st Year Arts of the Mohansubhudhi College at Badamba, died in an accident at the forest check-gate of Sunapala on Wednesday morning.
According to the reports, Priyanka, daughter of Akshya Jena of Khairapangi village under Badamba block, was coming to the college at about 10 am when a Narasinghpur-bound dumper which has been engaged in the road widening work by a contractor here collided with the wooden bar of the forest check-gate at Sunapala, broke the bar and hit Priyanka.
The girl was declared brought dead by Badamba hospital doctors.
An irate mob closed the road for over four hours demanding substantial compensation to the girl’s family.
In yet another incident in the morning, a Narasinghpur-bound bus from Cuttack named MISHRA-4 overturned near the Totapada bus-stop at a culvert when it collided with the bar of the culvert after a truck came to the front of the bus.
Bus conductor Nibash Behera died on the spot while 30 passengers were injured and rushed to the Athagarh hospital.The injured were discharged after first aid.