A youth died when an unidentified vehicle hit his motorcycle near Kanjara village on the National Highway-55 in Angul district on Tuesday night.
The deceased was identified as Sumant Biswal (28), a resident of Bimalabeda village under the Jarapada police station. According to reports, the incident occurred at around 11pm when Sumant was returning to home from Jarapada by his motorcycle. An unidentified vehicle coming from opposite direction hit the motorcycle and sped away following which the youth was knocked over and died on the spot.
The commuters travelling on the route informed local police about the accident. On receiving information, the Jarapada police reached the spot and sent the body for the postmortem.