Puri: In a tragic incident, a college student was killed after being hit by a vehicle of the Fire Service on National Highway-316 near the Chandanpur area in Odisha’s Puri district on Monday.
The deceased has been identified as Swayam Subham Senapati, a 20-year-old final-year Computer Science student of SCS College in Puri.
As per information, the mishap took place when Swayam was returning home from college in the afternoon on his motorcycle after attending classes. A Fire Service vehicle, reportedly moving on the wrong side of the road, collided with his bike, leaving him critically injured.
He was immediately rushed to the District Headquarters Hospital in Puri, where doctors declared him dead on arrival.
Following the incident, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi announced an ex-gratia of Rs four lakh from the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund (CMRF) to the family of the deceased student.
“Upon learning about the tragic demise of Swayam Subham Senapati in a road accident in Puri, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi expressed deep grief and extended condolences to the bereaved family. He has also announced an ex-gratia of Rs 4 lakh from the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund for the next of kin of the deceased,” the CMO said in a post on X.
A police team visited the site after the mishap and an investigation into the incident is in progress.