A 20-year-old air hostess died in a road accident near Vivekananda Setu while returning home with a friend on his scooter on Tuesday night.

Police said Rittika Majumdar, 20, and Debaditya Singh, 21, were wearing helmets. They were returning home after buying shoes for Debaditya, an engineering student in Chennai.

The scooter was plying along Kidderpore Road when it lost control and skidded near 11 Furlong Gate, not far from Vivekananda Setu. Rittika and Debaditya both were flung off and they fell on the road.

A vehicle that was just behind the scooter ran over Rittika, an officer of the traffic department said. She died on the spot.

Both were taken to a hospital in Howrah, from where Debaditya was discharged after treatment.

Rittika was from Belur, while Debaditya is a resident of Chatterjeehat in Howrah.

The identity of the vehicle that hit Rittika could not be ascertained till Wednesday night.

“There were no CCTV cameras at the spot. We will request Howrah police to let us check the footage of CCTV cameras at the Vivekananda Setu toll plaza and in nearby areas,” said an officer of the city police.

Two other fatal accidents were reported from the city between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.

A 25-year-old youth, who was allegedly riding a motorcycle without a helmet, lost control of the vehicle and hit a lamp post along Belvedere Road around 11.30pm on Tuesday.

“Joy Kishore Sharma suffered multiple injuries and was taken to SSKM Hospital, where he was declared dead,” said an officer of Alipore police station. The pedestrian escaped with minor injuries.

The other accident happened on Prince Anwar Shah Road early on Wednesday. Sayan Dandopat, 19, a resident of East Putiyari, was returning home when his two-wheeler apparently skidded and rammed into the median divider around 4.30am. He was taken to Vidyasagar State General Hospital, where he died.

The police said a preliminary investigation suggested he was not wearing a helmet.