Two persons were killed and another got injured when they were hit by a truck at Shibpur area in Howrah district today, triggering protest among local people, the police said.
The incident occurred at Bataitala locality under Shibpur police station but the locals claimed that all the three persons were killed in the accident.
However, police maintained while one woman died on the spot, a child later succumbed to injuries at Howrah Hospital.
An angry mob set fire to a motorbike and put up a road blockade there, the police said.
The police's Rapid Action Force (RAF) personnel were deployed in the area where senior police officials have gone.
