An engineering student of a Bhubaneswar-based private college died on the spot and five others were seriously injured in a car crash in Ganjam district on Monday morning.
While the deceased, identified as Debraj, was student of the college, the five others who were injured in the incident are also from the same college.
According to reports, the six students had gone on an excursion to the seaside of Gopalpur on Sunday. On their way back to Bhubaneswar on Monday morning, the car by which they were travelling hit a road divider and crashed into a truck near Agastinuagam Chhak under the Ganjam police limits.
The injured students were rushed to the Chhatrapur Dub-Divisional Hospital for treatment. On receiving information, the Ganjam police initiated probe into the incident.