Bhubaneswar, March 20 -- Tension flared up after a Class X girl, who was returning from matric exam with her father on a motorcycle, was critically injured in a road mishap at OTM Bazaar in Cuttack's Choudwar on Monday.

The injured girl, whose identity is yet to be ascertained, was rescued and immediately rushed to a private hospital.

According to sources, the girl riding pillion on a bike with her father was returning from the exam center. As they were nearing OTM Bazaar on National Highway 55, a speeding trailer truck reportedly hit them, and under the impact of the collision, they were thrown off their bike.

The girl is learnt to have suffered a severe injury on her leg.

People nearby immediately came to the rescue of the girl and ...