Two people were injured in separate road accidents in Kolkata on Sunday, including a woman struck by a goods vehicle in Thakurpukur and a motorcyclist hurt after his two-wheeler skidded on Basanti Highway, police said.
The first accident took place at around 11.40am at the crossing of Santosh Ray Road and James Long Sarani in Thakurpukur. The injured woman was identified as 41-year-old Debasmita Chakraborty, a resident of Haridevpur.
Chakraborty sustained injuries after being hit by a goods vehicle and was admitted to a private hospital for treatment, according to the police. The vehicle was impounded and its driver was detained.
The second accident was reported at around 1.40pm on Basanti Highway near BIT College. A 50-year-old motorcyclist, identified as Bapi Mondal of Chowbaga in Anandapur, was injured after his two-wheeler skidded off the carriageway, police said.
Mondal was admitted to the Trauma Care Unit of SSKM Hospital. The Kolkata Leather Complex police station has started an investigation into the accident.
The incidents were reported on separate stretches of the city’s road network, involving a goods vehicle at an urban intersection and a two-wheeler on a highway corridor. Police did not provide further details on the circumstances leading to either crash in the information available.
In a separate incident, a fire broke out in the kitchen of a house on North Purbachal Road in Garfa following a leak from an LPG cylinder, police said. A fire tender was sent to the location and the blaze was extinguished within a short time.
No injuries were reported in the Garfa fire, police added. The available report did not specify the extent of damage to the house or the cause of the LPG leak.
Police action in the road accidents includes the impounding of the goods vehicle, detention of its driver and an investigation by Kolkata Leather Complex police. Further details on the investigations and the condition of the two injured people were not immediately available.
