Traffic on Bhuiyandih road remained disrupted for more than two hours after a 45-year-old man was run over by a trailer near Patel Nagar under Sitaramdera thana area on Thursday morning.
The accident took place when the victim was pedalling through the congested road toward Sidhgora.
The Bhuiyandih road is being widened hence there is very little space for the vehicles to pass through.
The victim identified as Gurdeep Singh was grievously injured and was rushed to MGM Medical College Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries in an hour.
The residents of adjoining Bhuiyandih set up a blockade at the accident spot causing the traffic to come to a standstill.
The trailer driver had managed to escape with his vehicle after the accident which angered the local residents. The residents claimed fatal mishaps caused by heavy vehicles on Bhuiyandih road is a regular phenomenon and needs to be curbed.
The police seized the trailer and arrested the driver shortly after the accident.
"A fatal mishap took place near Patel Nagar on Bhuiyandi road at 11 am today. A 45-year-old man Gurdeep Singh who was a resident of Tuiladungri in Golmuri was killed in the mishap. We have seized the trailer that caused the mishap and also arrested the driver. We are looking into the exact cause of the mishap," said the Sitaramdera OC, Anjani Kumar Singh.
The blockade was lifted Singh convinced the protesters that the administration will take necessary steps to prevent such accidents on that road. The road blockade started at 11.15am and was lifted after 1.30 pm.
An eyewitness said, "the trailer was moving at a moderate speed given the inadequate space on the road. Beside very close to the trailer was the victim who was also pedalling his cycle. But at a point near the Patel Chowk, there was a sharp up as a portion of the road was recently constructed. The cycle rider failed to negotiate the mounted road and tumbled down on the right side. As he was coming very close to the trailer, the rear wheel of the heavy vehicle ran over the victim, causing him to sustain grievous injuries."
The police have seized the body and sent it to the MGM Medical College Hospital for Covid test in process of shifting it to the medical college in Dimna for autopsy.