By Our Correspondent
RAJKANIKA/KENDRAPARA: The deceased person has been identified as Pradipta Das alias Bipi, the Sarpanch of Jayanagar Gram Panchayat in Rajkanika area of Kendrapara district in Odisha. Das was a very popular youth leader of Rajkanika.
According to reports, the 50-year-old Das had accompanied a family of Koilipur village under Rajkanika police limits to Swargadwar in Puri for cremation after death of one villager Nirakar Behera’s wife Jayanti Behera. On their way back on a car after attending the funeral, the vehicle rammed into a stationary Eicher truck in front of Axis Bank at Bhuinpur Chhak in Aul on Cuttack-Chandbali road.
. After their conditions worsened, the injured persons were referred to SCB Hospital in Cuttack. On way to the hospital, Das succumbed to injuries, while four others are under treatment at the SCB.
