Bhagalpur, 03 October (HS). On Thursday, a speeding truck hit a bike rider on the Bhagalpur Baunsi road near Phulwaria Chowk in the bypass police station area of the district.
In this incident the bike rider died on the spot. The deceased has been identified as Shatrughan Yadav. After the incident, angry family members and villagers blocked the road. People also committed arson by burning tires on the road.
As soon as information about the incident was received, Sadar Sub-Divisional Officer Dhananjay Kumar reached the spot and pacified the angry family members and cleared the jam. However, after the incident, the local people caught the truck driver and handed him over to the police.