A youth died after a car by which he was travelling fell into a nullah near Uttara on the city’s outskirts here on Saturday.
The deceased was identified as Smrutiranjan Panda, a resident of Madhuban area under the Town police station in Puri. He was working as a Radiographer at the Puri District Headquarters Hospital (DHH).
Reports said the incident took place when Panda was travelling in his car from Bhubaneswar to Puri. The car fell into a nullah after he lost control over the vehicle near Uttara on the Bhubaneswar-Puri National Highway.
On receiving information, police along with Fire Services personnel rushed to the spot and recovered the vehicle with help of a crane. However, Panda was found dead inside the car.