A policeman died and three other persons sustained critical injuries in a road mishap on National Highway-55 near Anand Nagar Chhak in Dhenkanal district on Thursday.
The deceased was identified as Bhikari Sethi, Deputy Subedar of Odisha Special Armed Police (OSAP).
According to reports, a police vehicle in which the four victims were travelling from Khordha to Dhenkanal at late night was hit by a speeding truck resulting in death of the Deputy Subedar on the spot.
The injured were rescued and rushed to a local hospital. Later, two of them were shifted to the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack as their condition deteriorated.