Bhubaneswar: A postal employee was reportedly killed in a road mishap in Patana area of Balasore district in Odisha today.

The deceased has been identified as Niranjan Singh, an employee of Matiali Sub-Post Office in Balasore.

According to sources, an SUV carrying a health team from Balasore District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) to Berhampur Community Health Centre (CHC) collided head-on with Singh’s bike near a bridge at Patana while he was on his way to Mitrapur.

Due to the collision, the SUV and the bike skidded off the road and fell into the nearby farmland. Singh sustained critical injuries in the mishap. The locals rescued Singh and rushed him to a nearby hospital. He was declared dead on arrival by the doctors, sources said.

On being informed, police reached the spot and launched a probe into the incident.