Dhenkanal: A jail warder was killed after being hit by a Hyva truck on National Highway 53 at Jiridamali chowk under Kamakhyanagar police limits of Dhenkanal district on Saturday.
The deceased Prakash Behera of Kantaripat village in Baligorad gram panchayat of the district was working as a warder at Kamakhyanagar Sub-Jail.
He was returning home at around 2 PM today when his motorbike collided head-on with a speeding Hyva truck coming from the opposite direction. Behera died on the spot.
On getting information, police reached the spot and sent his body to Kamakhyanagar Sub-Divisional Hospital (SDH) for post-mortem. While police have seized the truck, the driver is absconding.