A 40-year-old man riding a motorcycle died after his two-wheeler skidded on Ekbalpore Road and he came under the wheels of a truck late on Sunday night, police said.

Bikramjit Kori, 40, a resident of Thakurpukur, Pashchim Barisha, was wearing a helmet at the time of the accident at the Ekbalpore Road-Diamond Harbour Road crossing around Sunday midnight.

Kori was taken to SSKM Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries early on Monday, the police said.

Officers of the fatal squad of the traffic department said after analysing CCTV footage that it was apparent that the motorcyclist had lost control and he fell on the road. A truck that was trailing the two-wheeler ran over the motorcyclist before he could react or recover.

The offending vehicle has been seized and the driver has been arrested, the police said.

The incident happened a day after a 24-year-old motorcyclist died in an accident on BT Road in front of Rabindra Bharati University after being hit by a lorry.

A considerable number of people who died in road accidents in Calcutta last year were motorcyclists and pillion riders. Out of the 201 reported deaths on road in the city last year, 64 people were either riding a two-wheeler or riding pillion in two-wheelers, according to police records.