A trader was killed in a road accident near the Shani Mandir at Aiginia under the Khandagiri police limits here on Tuesday evening.
The deceased was identified as Sambhu Prasad Biswal (40) from Nayagarh town, who ran a grocery shop at the Unit-I Haat here. The driver of a Bhubaneswar-bound Tata Magic, in which the trader was travelling, lost control and hit a stranded Haiwa truck from behind near Aiginia. The trader died on the spot while the drivers of both the vehicles fled from the spot. After getting information from the locals, zonal ACP PK Swain along with Khandagiri police staff reached the spot and sent the body to the Capital Hospital for autopsy.