A 26-year-old man riding pillion on a motorcycle died after a truck allegedly hit the two-wheeler near Chingrighata crossing on the eastern fringes of Kolkata on Tuesday morning.
Police said Sagar Pal, who was wearing a helmet, was flung off the bike as the two-wheeler lost balance and crashed.
Pal’s helmet came off because of the impact of the collision. His head had directly hit the pavement causing serious injuries, the police said. He was declared dead at Bidhannagar Sub-divisional Hospital.
People in the neighbourhood said cops took Pal to the hospital in an autorickshaw after an alleged delay.
The accident happened around 6am near the under-construction Metro railway site off Chingrighata.
The police said the accident happened on the Salt Lake-bound road at a turning where the road is slightly narrow because of the Metro construction work.
Pal’s friend Soham Konar, a resident of Anandapur, was riding the bike. The deceased was a resident of Kasba.
Konar has been admitted to the hospital with injuries, an officer in Bidhannagar police said.
The two were heading for their workplace at Infinity Hub in Srijan Park, Salt Lake, when the accident took place.
Officers of Bidhannagar South police station seized the two-wheeler.
The police said they were analysing CCTV footage from the camera closest to the spot to identify the vehicle that hit the motorcycle.
An officer said a number of goods vehicles had crossed the stretch around the time of the accident.
“We are trying to track down the offending vehicle,” said the officer.
The truck was yet to be identified till Tuesday evening.
Octogenarian hit by bike near Narkeldanga, killed
An 83-year-old pedestrian died after being hit by a motorcycle on APC Road in north Kolkata on Tuesday morning.
Police said Kishanlal Gupta was crossing the road when the motorcycle hit him around 10am. Gupta, a resident of Pitambar Bhattacharya Lane in Narkeldanga, not too far from the accident spot, was declared dead at NRS hospital.
Officers of Amherst Street police station, under whose jurisdiction the accident happened, seized the motorcycle and arrested the biker. The accused has been charged with causing death due to negligence and rash and negligent driving.
According to police records, over 50 per cent of those who die in road accidents in the city are pedestrians. “Pedestrians are most vulnerable to accidents either due to negligence of motorists or due to their own fault of violating traffic rules,” said an officer.
