Girl, mother killed as dumper dashes scooty

A 22- year- old girl and her mother were run over by a dumper on SH 10 at Sundargarh on Sunday afternoon. Both died on the spot. Following the mishap, tension prevailed in the area for about an hour as locals staged a road blockade, demanding compensation for the family members of the deceased. As a result, hundreds of vehicles remained stranded there.

The victim girl was identified as Josna Tirkey, a teacher in a school at Sundargarh, while her mother was Puspa Tirkey (48). On Sunday afternoon at around 3.30pm, Josna was riding her Scooty and her mother was pillion riding when they met the accident while going from Sundagarh towards Bargaon. 

The dumper dashed the Scooty from front at Bhojpur. The dumper driver managed 

to flee.