Early Thursday truck tire burst on Varanasi-Shaktinagar highway kills 3

Driver arrested, truck seized, highway blocked

The victims were Raja Rajbhar, 42, his mother Sukhiya Devi, 75, and Chandratara Devi, 55.
Survivors Suhani Rajbhar, 14, and Sunil Sharma, 37, are now being treated at Varanasi's trauma center.
Locals blocked the highway in protest for about an hour before police restored order.
The driver has been arrested and the truck seized.