A 40-year-old woman and a 24-year-old man were killed in two separate road accidents in the steel city on Monday early morning.
The first accident took place at around 1 am when Birju Lohar was returning home along with his relatve Vishwajit Lohar on a bike from Badbil village in Kharsawan.
A speeding dumper coming from the opposite direction hit the bike killing Birju on the spot and seriously injuring Vishwajit.
Seraikela sub-divisional police officer Rakesh Ranjan said soon after the fatal mishap, villagers from the neighbouring villages gathered at the spot and set up a blockade, protesting against reckless driving by trucks and dumpers at night.
"By the time family members of the victims also joined the blockade demanding compensation, we convinced the protesters to withdraw their protest and succeeded in clearing the blockade by paying Rs 10,000 to the bereaved family at around 2.30 am, " said Ranjan to The Telegraph Online.
In the second incident that occurred around 6am, a 40-year-old allegedly unstable woman was run over by a loaded dumper near an eatery near Sidheswar Pahad on Jamshedpur-Jadugora road about 25 kms away from the city.
The driver had parked the loaded vehicle near the eatery where he had gone to eat breakfast.
According to the OC of Jadugora thana, Sunil Kumar Kushbaha, “While the driver was at the eatery, the woman came from somewhere and lay in front of the front wheel of the loaded dumper.”
"Soon afterwards, the driver returned and got into it and set the heavy vehicle in motion but stopped the vehicle only after hearing a scream. He got down immediately but it was too late. The woman was already killed," said the OC to The Telegraph Online.
Kushbaha said the dumper driver abandoned the vehicle and fled after seeing the woman dead.
The police have seized both the body and the dumper and registered a case of reckless driving against the driver.