Patna, July 11 (IANS) Eight people, including two children, were crushed to death and over half a dozen persons were injured by a truck in Bihar's Lakhisarai district, police said on Thursday.
This incident took place late on Wednesday night near the Halsi block when all the victims were busy attending a marriage on the roadside, a district official Murli Prasad said.
Prasad said all the victims belong to the Dalit community.
All the injured have been admitted in a government hospital for treatment and police have lodged a case against the driver and owner of the truck.
Angry over the incident, local residents protested and blocked the road, demanding compensation to the kin of the victims.
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