Kolkata: On the day of the bus service in Bengal continued after being suspended for one and a half months, an accident involving a mini bus claimed the life of a police officer traveling on a motorcycle.
When the bus gasped hard ahead, around 18 people on the ship were injured, two of them were serious.
But their condition is stated.
Mini-bus on the route Metiabruz-Howrah is heading towards Howrah with 40 passengers on the ship when the accident took place near the eastern gate of Fort William on Red Road around Thursday afternoon.
The driver was suspected of a rash because 89 cases of violations of traffic rules were recorded with mini buses in 15 months operated, said an officer.
The bus, which was reportedly traveling at the speed of Breakneck, had to turn right towards Dufferin Road after reaching the OUTRAM ROAD intersection with the Red Road.
But the driver lost control of the vehicle and the bus hit a motorcycle that hit Vivekananda Deb riding and crashed into the fence on the road.
The driver apparently crashed into the wall intentionally so that the vehicle could be stopped.
So severe it was the impact that the front axle of the bus, along with the wheel, down.
“The biker stood on the Red Road’s left lane to turn out to be an outram road when the bus brought him.
Bicycles, along with motorists, dragged under the bus,” said an observer.
Deb was taken out and was taken to the SSKM hospital, where he was declared dead.
Jharragram residents, Deb posted with Kolkata police reserves.
Among those who were injured on the bus, 16 people were hospitalized.
Among them, seven were treated and disabled late at night.
“The accident could occur because it was speeding.
Or could be a mechanical obstacle because the bus was not operated for the past 45 days.
The driver hit the wall intentionally to stop the vehicle.
The biker unfortunately blocked it.
We investigated all angles and checked recordings from CCTV cameras around.
So We interrogate the driver, the properties of the right accident can be set, “said a Lalbazar officer.
While Maidan police started the initial investigation, this case was then transferred to the fatal troops of the Kolkata Traffic Police.
The police said the bus driver was injured, but they had not built his identity.