Varanasi: A quick truck crashed into a crushing roadside tea kiosk to death six people, including four in place, in Ahrauli Village in the Mohammadabad police station in the Ghazipur district on Tuesday.
The chairman of Yogi Minister Adyityath expressed condolences and announced financial assistance each of the Rs 2 Lakh each for all victims’ relatives.
He also directed officials to provide all the help needed to excessive families.
Ghazipur MP Singh District Judge and SP RB Singh reached the place and announced direct financial assistance from RS two lakh for each family died and benefits under the insurance and different government schemes to them.
After their guarantee, the locals, who have arrested and struggled the truck driver and blocked the road, ended their stirring and cleared the road for the movement of the vehicle.
On Tuesday morning, several men stood at a roadside tea kiosk on the outskirts of Ahirauli Village when the truck driver was fast to Ghazipur from Bharauli lost control.
The truck crashed into a roadside tea kiosk that killed Umashankar Yadav (50), Golu Yadav (15), Virendra RAM (45) and Satayendra Thakur (28) from Jiyandaspur Village in place.
The other two, Chandramohan Rai (45) and Shyam Bihari Kushwaha from Ahrauli Village suffered a big injury after coming under the truck wheel.
They immediately rushed to the district hospital, where they gave up on injury during treatment.
Angry over death, local caught a truck driver and struggled.
A police team Mohammadabad had to fight hard to save the driver from a horde of angry villagers.
Then, he also rushed to the district hospital.
The villagers also blocked the road and conducted a massive demonstration demanding compensation for families killed, the construction of speed breakers on the road and actions against the truck driver.
Despite the efforts of recurring HR and other officials, local residents refused to call their protests until their demands were fulfilled.
The blockade caused a long queue of trucks on the highway.
Then, DM and SP reached the place and announced that regardless of direct financial assistance from the RS two lakh, the family of the deceased would be given the benefits of the national family insurance scheme, the initial widow housing scheme and the Prime Minister.
DM said that six people were destroyed by the truck and all died.
“The driver had been hospitalized because he suffered injuries in an attack by a horde.
He has been detained,” he added.