In a tragic incident, a 10-year-old girl was killed when she was mowed down by a truck at Khandas Chhack under the Jajpur Sadar police station on Monday.
The girl, identified as Rupali Behera, daughter of Uttam Behera of Baliguda village, was returning home from school when the tragedy took place. Rupali was studying in Class-V.
Police seized the body and sent it to the Government hospital at Jajpur Town for autopsy, said Sadar PS IIC Banshidhar Behera.
Following the mishap, tension mounted at the spot as locals blocked the road by keeping the body. Vehicular movement was disrupted on the Baruha- Balichandrapur road for three hours.