Hazaribag: A 55-year-old woman died on Saturday after a concrete mixer machine, being transported behind a pickup van, broke loose and hit her at Baghamundi village in Chatra district. The victim was identified as Sudama Devi, wife of Radhika Saw.Police said the mixer machine, used for roof casting, was being taken from Hazaribag to Itkhori when the rope securing it to the pickup van snapped. The machine swerved off the road and hit Sudama, who was standing by the roadside. She died on the spot.After the accident, villagers placed the body on the road and staged a blockade, demanding compensation for the family, construction of speed breakers and action against those responsible.Residents said the stretch between Baghamundi school and Shiv temple had become accident-prone, with several fatal crashes reported in the area.Itkhori police station officer in-charge Abhishek Kumar Singh said the blockade was lifted after police assured the villagers that their demands would be looked into. “The body was later sent to Chatra Sadar Hospital for post-mortem. Further investigation is under way,” Singh said.
