Woman teacher dies, 3-year-old son, husband critical in road mishap

Angul: Tragedy struck a family here after a woman teacher was crushed to death while her husband and three-year-old son critically injured after the bike they were travelling on had a collision with a truck near Nalco CPP today.

The deceased has been identified as Jyotirmayee Pradhan (35), who was a teacher at Nimabahali UP School.

Sources said when Jyotirmayee was returning from the school with her husband and son at around 10 am, a speeding truck hit the bike from behind and ran over the teacher killing her on the spot. The two injured have been admitted to the district headquarters hospital (DHH) for treatment.

Irate over the incident, locals blocked the NH-55 disrupting vehicular movements for a while.

Later, police reached the spot, pacified the mob and sent the body to the DHH for post-mortem. The cops also began an investigation into the incident after seizing both the vehicles.

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