Bhubaneswar, Nov. 10 -- Tension gripped Turamura near Bonaigarh in Sundargarh district on Sunday night after a youth was killed in a road accident, leading to chaos and vandalism by irate locals. The deceased, identified as Santosh Nanda of Turamura village, reportedly died after being hit by a trailer truck. Following the accident, police rescued the driver of the trailer from the spot, which angered the villagers.

Enraged over the incident, locals vandalised police vehicles, including a PCR van and even a forest officer's car passing through the area. The protestors also blocked National Highway-143 late into the night, disrupting vehicular movement along the Rourkela-Bonaigarh route.

Upon receiving information, police teams from Rour...