Overview

• On June 4, a concrete mixer truck struck Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Krushna Chandra Patra’s car near Sandhapur Square on Banki Main Road in Cuttack district.
• Despite significant front-end damage, the minister and his driver were uninjured.
• Patra switched to a replacement vehicle on-site and proceeded to Bhubaneswar.
• Barang police have detained the truck driver and impounded the vehicle pending investigation.
• Inspector-in-Charge Debendra Biswal is leading the inquiry into the circumstances of the collision.