Car returning from wedding party crashes near Queens Park, occupants flee in another vehicle
Times of India | 1 January 2024
Kolkata: Four youths in a car — reportedly returning from a wedding party on the southern fringes of Kolkata — met with an accident when the car they were travelling in climbed on to a pavement and dashed a tree and then a lamppost near Queens Park around 6am on Sunday.
The car was badly damaged and its airbags were activated but the youths escaped unhurt as witnesses saw them fleeing in another car, reportedly belonging to their friends.
Cops have started a case of rash and negligent driving. “There have been no complaints from either the car’s occupants or anyone on the road. We have started a case,” said a senior officer of Kolkata Police.
He said they would also be scanning CCTV footage of the area to find out how the accident took place. Witnesses said the two cars carrying the group of youths was being driven at a high speed from Ballygunge Phanri. The vehicles were headed towards Park Circus, when the accident took place near Birla Temple crossing. A tree also got uprooted.
“The area usually hobnobs with morning walkers but thankfully there were none when the accident took place,” said an elderly resident of Queens Park.Father of one of the youths said they were returning from a wedding at Garia when the accident happened. “ It is unclear if there was a mechanical fault ,” he said.
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