Ambikapur. On Friday morning, a truck filled with iron angles fell into a ditch at Fullidumar Ghat on the Banaras main road. In the accident, the loaded angle of the truck fell in front breaking the cabin of the truck. The driver and operator of the truck died on the spot in the accident. The incident took place in Basantpur police station area of Balrampur district. According to the information, truck number UP 64 AT 8600 was going towards Banaras after loading angle from Raigarh. On Friday morning, the driver of the truck could not turn the vehicle at Fulidoomar ghat and the truck entered the ditch of the ghat. After the truck entered the pit, the heavy load in the cast fell in front, breaking the angle cabin.
Passersby informed the Basantpur police about the incident. On receiving information about the incident, Basantpur police station in-charge Chandan Singh reached the spot with the police force. Driver Rajendra Yadav (33), resident of Maheva, Karma, Uttar Pradesh and helper Ankit Vishwakarma (22), resident of Arangi, Sonbhadra had died. The police sent the bodies of both of them to the Community Health Center, from where the post-mortem of the bodies was done. The police have informed the families of the deceased. Fulidoomar Ghat is a ghat with sharp turns, where accidents happen regularly. It has been told that in the morning the truck driver could not turn the vehicle into the ghat. When the truck entered the ghat, before the driver and operator could control themselves, they were crushed under the angle and both died.
