A four-year-old-girl was crushed to death by a truck near Jhariguda Chowk under the Dabugam police station on the Umerkote –Dabugaon State Highway -39 in the district on Sunday.
The victim was waiting with her mother to board a bus to Papadahandi when the mishap occurred. The deceased was identified as Sebati Majhi, of Maidalpur village in Papadahandi block.
Following the incident tension gripped the spot after the incident as irate locals staged a road blockade near Saraguda Chhack demanding compensation for the family members of the deceased.
Getting information, Dabugam police station IIC Surendra Kumar and Sub-collector Bhaskar Raita rushed to the spot and pacified the agitators by assuring them to take appropriate action against the culprits.
The Sub-Collector provided Rs 20,000 from the Red Cross to the deceased’s kin following which the agitation was called off. Police have registered a case and seized the truck. However, the driver and helper of the truck fled from the spot after the mishap.