The driver of a yellow taxi died after his vehicle crashed into a private car in front of the Calcutta Municipal Corporation garage on AJC Bose Road around 3.10pm on Saturday.

Driver Sheikh Salam, 37, of Sonarpur, had slammed into the steering wheel and received injuries on his chest. He was declared dead at NRS hospital.

A woman who was in the passenger’s seat was injured, police said. She was treated and discharged from the hospital.

“We are trying to ascertain... if there was a mechanical fault in the taxi or if the private car had suddenly pressed the brake,” an officer said.