PONDA: A woman and her three-year-old nephew were crushed under a heavy-duty crane at Kone in Priol on Thursday. As a result, the Goa-Karnataka national highway was blocked for over four hours.Traffic had to be diverted through the Goa Engineering College road and the Mardol-Priol-Farmagudi road. Sangeeta’s family runs a temporary kiosk along the highway.The crane driver fled leaving the vehicle on the spot, police said.News of the accident spread and locals rushed to the spot. Tension spread in the area as irate locals stopped police from moving the vehicle and demanded that the absconding driver be produced before them. However, both came under the wheels of the crane and were crushed to death, police said.
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