A person died and two others were critically injured when a cement-laden truck hit the motorcycle in which they were travelling near Gandarpur Square on NH-5 under the Chauliaganj police station here on Thursday afternoon.
Police said one Bailochan Mohanty (38) of local Dhanagharapada village under the Cuttack Sadar police station, who was riding the bike, died on the spot as the rear wheels of lorry crushed his head. Women pillion riders, Mohanty’s wife and sister-in-law, sustained major injuries and are now under treatment at the SCB Medical College Hospital here.
“We have seized both the vehicles involved in the accident and registered a case,” informed local police inspector Suprasanna Mallick.