Two women died in two accidents in different parts of the city early on Saturday.

One of them was riding pillion on a scooter when the two-wheeler was hit by an LPG cylinder-laden truck on EM Bypass. She fell and came under the wheels of the truck.

The other accident happened when a pedestrian was hit by a truck on BT Road near Dum Dum Chiriamore.

In both accidents, the offending vehicles fled, leaving the victims to bleed to death.

Monika Sarkar, 45, a resident of Mukundapur, was riding pillion with Dipankar Halder, 26, on the latter’s scooter, when the accident happened around 3.30am on the Bypass near the Mandirpara crossing.

The two are flower vendors and were going to the Howrah flower market.

“The scooter was first hit by an LPG cylinder-carrying truck while taking a U-turn on the Bypass as a result of which the woman fell off the vehicle. Before she could recover or be rescued, she came under the rear wheels of the truck,” said an officer of Garfa police station.

Sarkar was declared dead at SSKM hospital. Halder, who was riding the two-wheeler, was treated and discharged from the hospital. The offending vehicle fled, police said.

The other accident happened around 5.30am when Shanta Das, a resident of north Calcutta, was hit by a truck on BT Road.

Officers of Cossipore said they used CCTV footage to identify the truck. The driver has been arrested.

BT Road, which is a corridor for movement of heavy goods vehicles, is prone to rash and negligent driving by the truck and lorry drivers that often culminate in fatal accidents.

According to records in Lalbazar, trucks and lorries are one of the major contributors in causing road accidents in Calcutta over the past few years.