Dipak Kumar, who came to write the Railway Recruitment Board exams at a centre in Vanasthalipuram area at 12 noon, was crossing the road when a van hit him, L B Nagar police station sub-inspector D Nanu Naik said.
He died on the spot due to severe head injuries, the policeman said.
"According to eye-witnesses, after asking some locals about the location of the RRB exam centre, Kumar was crossing the road when the incident took place," Naik said.
