Ranchi: A 65-year-old milkman Saudagar Singh was crushed to death by a speeding tractor at Charku Chowk under BIT Mesra police outpost on Monday morning, leading angry local residents and family members of the deceased to block the road for half an hour from 8am.
Police have seized the killer vehicle, but driver Anil Mahato fled the spot soon after the incident.
The body of the deceased, a resident of Rudia village, has been sent to RIMS for post-mortem.
Local residents alleged that the driver didn't have a proper licence and the victim was riding his moped along the right side of the road when he was run over by the tractor.
Officer in-charge of BIT Mesra police outpost Virendra Kumar confirmed the incident.
"I knew the deceased who used to supply milk at our residence too. Right now there is no information about the driver. An FIR is likely to be lodged against the accused by the evening. We want the family of the victim to perform the last rites first," he said, adding that the police will record the statements of eye-witnesses.
In a separate incident, traffic on Ranchi-Ramgarh stretch of NH-33 remained affected for a couple of hours on Monday morning after a truck overturned at Chuttupalu Valley under Ramgarh police station following brake failure. The truck was going towards Ramgarh from Ranchi. The incident took place around 8.30am causing traffic snarls on the highway.
"Accident due break failure is a common phenomenon here. This is double lane, so we diverted traffic and additional deployment was made to prevent further congestion," an officer of Ramgarh thana said.
Fatal bike crash
Dhanbad: A man and his daughter were killed when their bike collided with a truck near a sharp curve at Chapapur Colliery in Nirsa, around 40km from here, on Monday. Dinesh Kumar (40), a resident of Birajpur in Nirsa, and his daughter Khusbu (10) died on the spot. Local residents and family members of the deceased blocked the Chapapur Colliery road for more than an hour. The blockade was lifted after police arrived and assured to provide compensation to the family of the deceased.
