A motorcyclist allegedly driving without a helmet down Diamond Harbour Road died after suffering head injuries in a collision with a private car in Thakurpukur on Tuesday afternoon.
Police said Anil Kumar Dey, 65, a resident of Kalipada Mukherjee Road in Behala’s Barisha, was taken to Vidyasagar State General hospital, where he was declared dead.
“The CCTV camera closest to the accident spot does not cover the place where the collision took place. But the two-wheeler is seen tumbling over and the man falling on the road,” said an officer of Thakurpukur police station.
Police officers said Dey had suffered head injuries.
The person at the wheel of the private car was apparently returning home with his wife.
“The accused is a driver by profession. The car belongs to his employer. He and his wife were in the car when the accident happened,” an officer said.
A case under IPC sections related to causing death due to negligence, rash and negligent driving and mischief has been started against the accused driver.
A senior officer of the traffic department said it was not clear whose fault it was but the case would be against the person at the wheel since the victim (motorcyclist) had died.
Cops engaged in managing traffic on Diamond Harbour Road said the stretch where the fatal accident happened was mostly congested with vehicles and pedestrians throughout the day.
Another accident
A motorcyclist was injured in an accident on Hospital Road, near the Queensway crossing, on Monday night when he apparently lost balance and skidded off the carriageway, police said.
Ayan Kumar Dey, 35, a resident of Andul Road in Howrah and a police constable by profession, has been admitted to SSKM Hospital with head and facial injuries.
Parked bus catches fire
Amherst Street: A stationary private bus on route number 204/ 1 that was parked along APC Road caught fire on Tuesday afternoon.
No one in the bus, police said.
Two fire tenders doused the flames but the cause of the fire could not be ascertained till late in the evening.
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