<p>Balasore: One person died and another was injured when a vehicle, in which West Bengal's Howrah Uttar MLA Gautam Chowdhury along with his family members was travelling, hit a two-wheeler in Odisha's Balasore district, police said on Thursday.</p><p>The accident occurred on Wednesday on National Highway 16 near Jamjhadi area under the Simulia Police Station limits, a senior officer said.</p><p>The vehicle, bearing a West Bengal registration number, was returning from Puri to West Bengal when the accident took place, he said.</p>.Former Maharashtra BJP MLA Jija Deshmukh dies after car skids and crashes.<p>"The car with the MLA and his family members on board hit the two-wheeler, and 56-year-old Radhakanta Lenka and another person sustained injuries," the police officer said.</p><p>They were immediately taken to the nearest Simulia hospital, where a doctor declared Lenka dead.</p><p>Simulia Police Station personnel have detained the driver of the vehicle, Amiya Singh Ray, and started an investigation, he said.</p>
<p>Balasore: One person died and another was injured when a vehicle, in which West Bengal's Howrah Uttar MLA Gautam Chowdhury along with his family members was travelling, hit a two-wheeler in Odisha's Balasore district, police said on Thursday.</p><p>The accident occurred on Wednesday on National Highway 16 near Jamjhadi area under the Simulia Police Station limits, a senior officer said.</p><p>The vehicle, bearing a West Bengal registration number, was returning from Puri to West Bengal when the accident took place, he said.</p>.Former Maharashtra BJP MLA Jija Deshmukh dies after car skids and crashes.<p>"The car with the MLA and his family members on board hit the two-wheeler, and 56-year-old Radhakanta Lenka and another person sustained injuries," the police officer said.</p><p>They were immediately taken to the nearest Simulia hospital, where a doctor declared Lenka dead.</p><p>Simulia Police Station personnel have detained the driver of the vehicle, Amiya Singh Ray, and started an investigation, he said.</p>