A local youth who had rescued the victims from an accident site and shifted them to the District Headquarters Hospital here for treatment after informing police was felicitated by SP Jaya Narayan Pankaj.
Three weeks ago a tempo and one heavy vehicle had collided head on at Chandola on the Jagatsinghpur outskirts. Six persons, including a minor girl had succumbed to their injuries, and at present, two injured victims are struggling for life at the SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack.
The youth was identified as Iswara Behera, a resident of Singipur village who on June 10 wee hours received a message about the accident at Chandola Bazar on Jagatsinghpur- Machhagaon State highway. As his village is nearby the accident site, he rushed to the spot and rescued the victims and sent them to the DHH, Jagatsinghpur. He also informed the police and fire brigade for assistance.
Behera was invited to the police headquarters on Wednesday afternoon and bestowed with a credential certificate and cash Rs 2,000 in presence of senior cops and SP Pankaj.