Keonjhar: Tension ran high at Champua in Keonjhar district following the death of a teacher in a road accident on Saturday morning.
According to reports, the teacher of Banka primary school in the district died after being hit by a police van.
Irate over the incident, a group of students blocked Champua-Joda road with the dead body demanding compensation to the family of the deceased and action against those responsible for the accident.
In Sundargarh, a woman was killed while her husband suffered grievous injuries when the autorickshaw in which they were travelling turned turtle near Patrapalli under Town police limits this morning.