A truck driver was killed when the vehicle collided with a tree on the outskirts of Phulbani town today, police said.
The truck from Bhubaneswar to Phulbani carrying optical fibre cable dashed against a mango tree when the driver failed to negotiate a curve.
The driver is yet to be identified and the helper fled from the spot, the sources said.
The police have seized the vehicle and sent the body for autopsy to the district headquarters hospital.
