Eight persons were injured when the speeding jeep crushed them while they were shopping at Numaish Chauraha Market last night, Additional Superintendent of Police Sarvanand said.
He said that the injured were admitted to the district hospital, from where one Mool Chandra was referred to PGI Sefai, where he died this morning.
Agitated with the incident, local residents attempted to damage the vehicle, but it along with the driver was rescued by the police.