App biker hit by two-wheeler in Rajarhat, run over by bus
Times of India | 5 February 2025
Kolkata: A 24-year-old app bike rider, Rahul Das, carrying a passenger was killed when another biker coming from the opposite side, violating traffic norms, dashed into him, causing the app bike rider to lose control of his two-wheeler and falling on the road. Before he could get up, he came under the wheels of a speeding bus on Tuesday afternoon.
Police said the incident occurred around 1 pm on Rajarhat Main Road when Das, a resident of Jyangra in New Town, was carrying the passenger towards City Centre 2 from Teghoria.
According to witnesses, Das was driving along the left side of the road at a regular speed heading towards Chinar Park when another youth on a bike — without a helmet — came from the opposite side at a break-neck speed.
"To avoid collision, Das veered right when his bike's handle grazed the other bike's handle, and he lost control of his two-wheeler. While Das fell on the right side of the vehicle onto the main road, the passenger fell on the left. Both had their helmets strapped on, but since Das fell on the main road, he came under the front wheels of a private bus that was plying on the same road," said an officer of Bidhannagar City Police.
After the accident, the bus driver fled the spot, leaving the vehicle behind. The helmetless biker, because of whom the accident primarily happened, also sped away with the two-wheeler.
CCTV footage also showed the passenger, who had also fallen down, getting up by himself and slowly walking away from the accident spot with the helmet still strapped on to his head.
"We have seized the bus of route 211 and are checking the CCTV footage to track down the offending biker. The bus driver, while trying to flee the spot tumbled and fell on a concrete road and suffered multiple injuries. He is currently under treatment at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital," said the officer.