A 65-year-old man, Ajambar Rout of Okilapala village under Kendrapada’s Rajnagar police station, died on Thursday after meeting an accident with the Rajnagar Tehsildar’s jeep on the Gupti-Rajnagar main road. When contacted, Tehsildar Khirod Behera said while he was going to Bagapatia on official work, Rout’s cycle hit the rear wheel of his jeep. The old man soon fell on the road and sustained critical injuries. He was rushed to the SCB for treatment, but succumbed on the way. Meanwhile, the district Collector sanctioned a sum of Rs10,000 from the District Red Cross fund as aid to the deceased’s family.