Sonepur: Relatives carried bodies of two people on a stretcher and over their shoulders for 2km on the Binika-Sonepur road on Friday night to reach Binika hospital for post-mortem.
Sources said two people died on the spot in a road accident at Cherupali square under Binika block on Friday afternoon. Irate residents then blocked the Sonepur-Binika road, demanding compensation for the next of kin of the dead. On being informed, the police reached the spot and brought the situation under control.
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But sources said no ambulance was available under the Mahaprayan scheme at the hospital in Sonepur. So relatives had to carry the bodies to the hospital themselves.
