A 56-year-old woman and her 30-year-old son were killed at the Kantigadia Chhack on the National Highway-5 under the Dharmasala police station in Jajpur district when the motorcycle in which they were travelling hit a truck on Tuesday.
Rabindra Behera died on the spot and his mother Sashirekha succumbed to serious head injuries at the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack later.
The deceased persons were going to the Badchana Government hospital. The police seized the truck and arrested the driver.