A married woman was killed in a road mishap in Talcher while she was on her way to the Talcher Road railway station to board a train to Bhubaneswar. She was identified as Pritimayee Behera (30).
Behera, who was residing in Bhubaneswar, had come to Talcher to collect her engineering certificate from the Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology at Sarang.
The incident took place in the morning while Behera was on her way to railway station on a scooter with one of her relatives.
Sources said that an unidentified vehicle hit the scooter near Gurujanguli Chhak following which the duo fell off the two-wheeler. Behera, who was on the pillion seat, sustained serious head injuries and died on the spot.
Following the incident, the irate locals staged road blockade demanding compensation to kin of the deceased woman.