One killed in Bengal accident
Sunday - June 3, 2018 8:30 pm ,
Category : INDIA
Kolkata June 3 (IANS) A man died and a girl was seriously injured when their expensive sports car rammed the siderails of an overbridge on the National Highway 6 in West Bengal s Howrah district on Sunday police said.
"The car which was coming at high speed hit the siderails of an overbridge on the NH-6 near Domjur in Howrah at about 9.30 a.m. Victims were rescued from the vehicle and taken to a city hospital in a critical condition " police said.
Shibaji Ray 43 who was driving the car succumbed to his injuries while his friend s daughter who was seated next to him is being treated in the hospital an official of Domjur police station said.A
A forensic test of the car would be conducted police said adding that the accident led to a traffic jam on the NH-6 for an half an hour.
According to local people the car overturned after hitting the siderails.
"We came to rescue them within five minutes. There was a woman whom we helped but the driver was stuck inside the car and it took an hour to bring him out " said a person who runs his restaurant near the accident spot.
According to the onlookers the sight of speeding cars on the National Highway is not new to them.
"Every Sunday almost 8- 10 such cars pass in the morning and return in the evening. And they move in great speed " said the restaurant owner.
--IANS bnd/bdc/vd
"The car which was coming at high speed hit the siderails of an overbridge on the NH-6 near Domjur in Howrah at about 9.30 a.m. Victims were rescued from the vehicle and taken to a city hospital in a critical condition " police said.
Shibaji Ray 43 who was driving the car succumbed to his injuries while his friend s daughter who was seated next to him is being treated in the hospital an official of Domjur police station said.A
A forensic test of the car would be conducted police said adding that the accident led to a traffic jam on the NH-6 for an half an hour.
According to local people the car overturned after hitting the siderails.
"We came to rescue them within five minutes. There was a woman whom we helped but the driver was stuck inside the car and it took an hour to bring him out " said a person who runs his restaurant near the accident spot.
According to the onlookers the sight of speeding cars on the National Highway is not new to them.
"Every Sunday almost 8- 10 such cars pass in the morning and return in the evening. And they move in great speed " said the restaurant owner.
--IANS bnd/bdc/vd
