A minor boy was killed after he was hit by a Tata Magic van while crossing a road in Jagatsinghpur district on Sunday morning. He was identified as Sheikh Salim (11), son of Sheikh Siraj of Hajipur Muslim slum.
The incident took place at around 8.30 am at Hajipur on the Cuttack-Jagatsinghpur road. The van going from Hajipur to Cuttack hit Salim, who sustained severe head injury. locals were taking him to the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack, but he died on the way. The driver of the van fled from the spot along with the vehicle. Irate locals staged a road blockade by putting the body of the boy and burning the tyres demanding compensation to his family.
The local Biridi Tehsildar and police reached the spot and convinced the locals to lift the body from the road.