Puri, July 21 -- Angry villagers staged a road blockade along the Puri-Bhubaneswar National Highway (NH-316) at Kathapola today following a fatal accident that claimed the life of a college student.
The protest led to hundreds of vehicles, including those carrying tourists and commuters, being stranded at both ends of the highway. Some vehicles were forced to turn back due to the blockade.
According to reports, 21-year-old Swayam Subham Senapati, a +3 Science student at SCS College, Puri, was on his way back to his village when a fire brigade vehicle allegedly came from the wrong direction and rammed into his motorcycle, killing him on the spot.
Local residents stopped the fire brigade vehicle and confirmed that Subham had died at the sc...