Cop dies after being hit by truck

Udaipur: A 24-year-old police constable engaged in the road safety week was killed after being hit by a speeding truck on NH-48 near Udaipur city on Tuesday morning. Constable Rajkumar, a resident of Zawar Mines in Udaipur, was posted at Tidi police station. Barricading had been erected outside Tidi police station. Rajkumar and other constables were intercepting speeding vehicles and instructing the drivers to follow traffic rules under road safety week initiative. Rajkumar signalled a truck driver to stop, but he was run over. He died on the spot. The truck was heading to Udaipur from Ahmedabad. The truck driver fled after abandoning the truck a few kilometres away. The vehicle was seized, police said.tnn

4 die as truck collides head-on with car

Four people were killed and one was seriously injured in a head-on collision between a truck and a car in Cuttack district. The accident occurred on NH-65 at Nuasadak Chowk. The deceased have been identified as Subash Behera, Chandan Khatua, Ananda Charan Behera, and Silu Prusty. The injured person, Deepak Sahu, was sent to the SCB Medical College and Hospital for treatment. The driver of the truck fled the scene after the accident. The cause of the accident is yet to be determined.