A single car slammed into a truck near Chamakhandi Chhak in Ganjam district, setting off a domino of collisions that left 19‑year‑old Rosalin Mishra dead and eight others wounded.
Police and on‑scene volunteers rushed the injured to MKCG Medical College and Hospital in Berhampur, where doctors treated fractures and internal injuries.
The tragedy sparked a block of the National Highway as residents, led by Superintendent Harish Bishi and Assembly members Krushna Chandra Nayak, N. Narayan Reddy and MP R. Santosh Reddy, demanded an overbridge, police patrols and road barricades.
After hours of talks, the protestors relented, the gates opened, and traffic resumed, but the authorities signaled a review of the high‑risk stretch.
Mishra, a clerk at the district treasury office, was remembered by her colleagues who say she was known for her punctuality and calm demeanor.