In a tragic incident, a journalist died and his daughter was injured in a head-on collision between his car and a trailer truck in Sundargarh district on Sunday morning.
The deceased was identified as Sanjay Roul (37), who was working for an Odia daily. The tragedy took place near Kuanrmunda on the Biramitrapur-Rourkela route at around 10 am.
Roul was travelling with his daughter by a WagonR from Biramitrapur to Rourkela when the truck collided with the car.
While Roul died on the spot, his daughter was rushed to the Ispat General Hospital (IGH) in Rourkela in critical condition.
The truck driver fled the spot following the incident. Police reached the spot and launched probe into the mishap.