A teen-aged girl died at the spot and two others sustained injuries and were undergoing treatment at the District Headquarters Hospital here after they met with an accident at Jayasol Bazar on Cuttack- Jagatsinghpur State highway on Tuesday afternoon.
The trio was on board a scooty and was overtaking a ten-wheeler cargo truck on way to Cuttack when the mishap took place. Among the two pillion riders, one was killed in the accident on the spot while the rest two including the driver fell off the scooty and received serious injuries.
The deceased girl, who was found crushed under the wheels of the truck, was Saraswati Behera from Jayatalanga village in the Balikuda area. Meanwhile, the truck driver has surrendered and the truck was seized.