A police officer was killed in a road accident near the Rengali Camp in Bargarh district on Wednesday morning.
Balabhadra Tripathy, Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of Atabira police station, was on his way along with Special Police Officer (SPO) Shankar Majhi to investigate a case when he lost control of the bike he was riding.
His bike got skidded off the road and hit railway iron railings.While Tripathy died on the spot, Majhi was rushed to the VSS Medical College Hospital at Burla, where his condition was stated to be critical.
Baragrh Sub-Divisional Police Officer Amarendra Rana said the body of the ASI had been brought to the District Headquarters Hospital and would be handed over to his family members after postmortem.