2 die,one hurt in 3 road mishaps

In Jadavpur,a 26-year-old man was killed after being hit by a truck while he was going to his shop in a bicycle near Usha Gate. Police said the victim,Sushil Mondal,died on the spot. The driver,however,managed to flee with the vehicle.

In an another incident,locals beat up a driver of a state government bus after a 20-year-old girl came under the wheels of the vehicle after de-boarding from it.

Piyali Das was accompanying her neighbour’s son to Shyambazar Boys School at 10.30 am when a Sealdah-bound government bus on S-12 route hit her at CIT-Beliaghata Main Road crossing,causing injury to her right leg.

The incident occurred when Piyali was getting down from the same bus. After the child got down from the bus,it sped off leaving Piyali,whose one leg was still on its footboard,lose her balance. As she fell on the ground the rear wheel of the bus went over her right leg. Piyali,a resident of South Sealdah Road,was rushed to NRS Medical College and Hospital. She was admitted to the orthopedic department. A senior doctor of the hospital said her leg has been operated upon,but her condition was still critical.

The bus driver,who was beaten up severely by the locals,was rushed to a nearby hospital by the police. He was later arrested.

Meanwhile,state Transport Minister Ranjit Kundu,Commissioner of Kolkata Police Gautam Mohan Chakrabarti and Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Ranvir Kumar visited SSKM Hospital on Wednesday to meet the victims of Tuesday’s bus mishap. Kundu,later,announced that the state government would bear the cost of the treatment of the couple who lost their hands in the accident. Doctors who are monitoring their health condition said the couple is still critical. Partha Chattapadhyay,leader of the Opposition in state Assembly,also visited SSKM to meet the injured.

Later in the day,drivers of the two private buses,Bikram Singh and Somnath Mondal,who were involved in Tuesday’s accident,surrendered at the Maidan police station.