Kolkata: One person died and four others sustained injuries on the first day of the year in two accidents.
The year's first fatal accident was reported on the connecting road between Kolkata Railway Station and Ultadanga Railway Station around 1.30 pm on Thursday.
A pedestrian was hit by a bike and later died at RG Kar Hospital. The two riders sustained severe injuries. The deceased was identified as Dharmendra Sharma (27) from Titagarh. The injured—Ritam Pal (18) and Sudipta Das (18)—were from nearby Dakshindari.
In the other accident, two bikers, Umang Hela (23) from Golabari in Howrah and Ashok Jaiswal (22) from Daspara in Howrah, were injured around 7 am on Thursday after being hit by a private car on AJC Bose Road flyover. TNN