In a major road mishap, a 40-year-old woman crossing the Marine Drive along with her grand-daughter, was killed on the spot after being hit by a truck along Kadma-Sonari-Marine drive on Tuesday morning.
The deceased was identified as Anita Devi, a resident of a Domuhani Bastee. Her grand-daughter, six-year-old Baby Kumari, was also seriously injured in the mishap. The local residents rushed the child to the MGM Medical College Hospital emergency, where she is recovering. In protest against the mishap a section of local residents blocked the Marine Drive along the river-meet under Sonari police station area. The truck driver, managed to escape to get rid of the ire of the people.
Over 100 bastee dwellers squatted on the road. The protestors were demanding sufficient compensation to the bereaved family and also assurance from the administration for restricting the speed-limit of the trucks and trailers, and also other vehicle on the road, which is getting increasingly accident prone. Meanwhile, long queue of trucks and trailers queued up on either side of the blockade site, causing great inconvenience to the local residents.