In a tragic road accident in Charchika Bazar here, one Brundaban Dash, a hotel owner, was killed and another Trilochan Dash received injury.
Dash was undergoing treatment in the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack.
Reports said that the hotel owner was returning from his native village Salampur with Trilochan in a scooter, when a pick- up van coming from opposite direction hit them. As a result, both fell down and were severely injured.
locals shifted both to the District Headquarters Hospital for treatment where Brundaban was declared brought dead.
Meanwhile, the pick-up van was seized and the errant driver was arrested. More investigation was on, informed IIC Jagatsinghpur police station Rajanikanta Mishra.