A jawan of the 7th Battalion in the city was killed when a speeding truck hit him near Palasuni Chhak under the Mancheswar police limits here on Tuesday.
Police sources said the deceased Chitaranjan Bhoi (45) of the Kishannagar area in Cuttack district was on his way to the Reserve Police Office in Cuttack for duty when the truck dashed his bike killing him on the spot.
The Mancheswar police rushed to the spot and sent the body to the Capital Hospital for autopsy. After registering a case, the police have started searching for the truck driver, who fled from the spot with his vehicle after the accident.