A 52-year-old man was killed and two others sustained serious injuries as lightning struck them when they were collecting mangoes in the premises of the Utkal University here. Deceased Abhimanyu Das, a resident of New Colony along with injured Prahalad Behera (60), a resident of Barang, and Pratap Das (22) were collecting mangoes when the tragedy happened.
Abhimanyu died on the spot. Both the injured were rushed to the Capital Hospital here.