A 22-year-old youth, Ashis Samal, of Chatara-Chakroda village on Tuesday was killed in a road mishap when a truck collided with his scooty on the Cuttack-Chandabali road under the Sadar police station.
The police rushed to the spot and seized the body along with the truck. The dead body was sent for autopsy.
locals staged a road blockade on the accident spot on the busy road. But the police managed to pacify the agitators and restored normalcy.
The truck driver fled away from the spot. The deceased was a college student, informed Kendrapada Town PS IIC Nilakantha Prasad Patra.