A person was killed when an unidentified vehicle hit his motorcycle in Baripada town on Saturday night. He was identified as Kala Marndi, a resident of Sadheikala village in Sankhabhanga gram panchayat in Mayurbhanj district.
According to reports, the 50-year-old man had visited one of his relatives. While he was returning home on his motorcycle at night, an unknown vehicle hit his bike near Sankhabhanga Chhak killing him on the spot.
The villagers of Sankhabhanga found the body and his motorcycle lying on the road on Sunday morning. Expressing outrage over the incident, the locals staged a road blockade on the State Highway to disrupt vehicular communications.
The highway was cleared after the police reached the spot and pacified the irate locals by assuring a probe into the incident.
