Bhubaneswar, Feb 23: In a heart wrenching incident, a man was crushed to death after three trucks ran over him at Palasuni Chhak in Bhubaneswar late last night.
The identity of the deceased person is yet to be ascertained.
According to eyewitnesses, the man was crossing the road around 1.30 AM when a speeding truck, heading from Vani Vihar side towards Cuttack side, hit him. As a result, the victim was thrown nearly 20 feet away.
Thereafter, the truck ran over him and fled the scene. Few moments later, two more speeding trucks coming from the same direction also ran over the victim and fled from the scene.
After learning about the incident, some locals rushed to the spot and stopped further vehicles from running over the body.
Upon getting the information, Mancheswar police arrived at the spot and seized the victim’s severely mutilated body. Subsequently, it was sent to the Capital Hospital for post-mortem.
Further investigation into the matter was underway.
