A man in Orissa was so shocked after he heard that his wife had given birth to a girl child that he fell to the ground, hit his head against a wall and succumbed to his injuries.

Akshaya Kumar Sahu, 30, a resident of Gambharia village in the state?s Bhadrak district, India, was joyous when his pregnant wife was taken to a nearby hospital with labour pains at the day before.

However, she gave birth to a girl child in the ambulance itself while on the way to the hospital, Akshaya?s father Balaram Sahu said.

Akshaya, who was a father of a two-year-old daughter, was expecting a male child this time round, said Balaram.

The news of his newborn baby was given to Akshaya by his aunt and he was so shocked that he fell to the ground and hit his head against a wall.

He started bleeding from his ear and mouth and was taken to the Sri Ramchandra Bhanja (SCB) Medical Hospital by relatives where he succumbed to his injuries on the same day, his father said.

Akshaya, a graduate in law, was working as a contract labourer in the Nilachal Steel company in Jajpur district. He was married in 2003.

He had no other physical complications such as blood pressure or stress. Doctors who treated him said he died of head injuries and shock...