A speeding truck ran over two persons in Meral on Saturday morning. The driver abandoned the truck and fled.
Deceased have been identified as Vijay Ram, (40) a resident of Ramgarh village of Ramuna police station area who was the headmaster of Middle School, Chundi and Anoop Tiwari, (38) resident of Adhuri village of Banshidhar Nagar police station area, and worked as CRP Ramana BRC.
They were on way to school at Ramana when a speeding truck crushed them to death near the Meral bus stand, police said. Around 100 commuters blocked the road near the premise of the hospital, protesting against the accident. Protesters were demanding Rs 25 lakh and a Government job for the kin of deceased. After assurance of needful action, the roads were cleared.