A student of the Muktapasi High School in Dhenkanal district could not appear in the HSC Examination as he was injured in a road mishap near Barihapur under the Parjang police limits on NH-53 on his way to an examination centre on Friday.
Victim Bulu Nayak of Kamarda village was admitted to a hospital. Bulu was riding pillion of a bike with his two family members to reach the examination centre at Kankadasoda. A truck coming from the opposite direction hit the bike. All three of them, including Bulu’s brother Shantanu, who was driving the bike, and father Maheswar, sustained critical injuries. The truck driver fled the spot.
Later, Fire Services personnel rescued the three injured and admitted them to the Parjang Community Health Centre (CHC). Shantanu was later shifted to the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack after his condition deteriorated.