Bhubaneswar: Shocked by her husband's sudden death, a woman died allegedly by suicide by jumping off a hospital building in Bolangir district on Friday, police said.

The deceased has been identified as Padmini Bag, wife of Sevak Bag.

The couple, residents of Dumerbahal village within Puintala police station limits of the district, are survived by two children aged six and three years, police said. According to police, Sevak Bag was critically injured in a road accident on Thursday night when an unidentified vehicle hit the auto-rickshaw he was travelling in on the Sonepur-Bolangir National Highway-57.

He was admitted to Bhima Bhoi Medical College and Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries on Friday morning, a police officer said.

Shocked by her husband's death, Padmini allegedly lost her mental balance and jumped off the hospital building when no one was around. She was immediately admitted for treatment, but succumbed to her injuries. Police visited the hospital and launched an investigation into the incident.