A truck ran over a staffer of the Keonjhar Regional Transport Office (RTO) killing him on the spot on NH-20 near the Puruna Bazar bypass in Keonjhar district on Tuesday.
The deceased was identified as Bijay Kumar Mahanta, who was working as a driver with the RTO.
As per reports, checking of vehicles by MVI and RTO officials was underway near the bypass in the morning, during which Mahanta tried to intercept a speeding truck. Instead, the vehicle did not stop and ran over Mahanta.
The driver of the truck fled from the spot with the vehicle after the incident. Police have started investigation into the incident and efforts were on to trace the truck and its driver.