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A youth lost his life after being hit by the vehicle of a West Bengal legislator on the national highway near Jamujhadi Chhak under Simulia police limits in Balasore district on Tuesday. The vehicle was reportedly carrying Howrah (Uttar Assembly constituency) MLA Gautam Chaudhury and his family, who were returning from Puri.
The deceased has been identified as Radhakanta Lenka, a resident of Sajanpur village and a peon at Basudevpur High School.
Sources reported that the accident occurred on NH-16, one of the busiest highways in the region, when Chaudhury's car collided head-on with a two-wheeler that Lenka was riding, according...