Retired cop, son die in Paradip highway accident

A retired police officer and his son were killed in a road accident at Parabili on Cuttack-Paradip State Highway on Saturday night.They were Sumanta Kumar Das (62) and Satya Prakash Das (25) hailing from Sankhapur under the Kissannagar police limits. Bwere returning to village from Cuttack by an Activa bike when a truck coming from Paradip ran over them killing the duo died on the spot.

Police rushed to the accident site and at least three cranes were deployed to recover the dead bodies from the overturned truck overloaded with goods. locals blocked the road at the accident site for four hours and traffic movement was restored after police intervention. This was the third fatal accident on the highway in last 24 hours.