Kolkata: Drink-drive claims one, leaves 4 injured near Patuli on Bypass – Times of India

KOLKATA: A man died and four others were injured when car rammed into a private bus parked illegally on the road near Dhalai bridge at the Patuli-Bypass crossing around 7am on Friday. Among the injured were two civic volunteers, Amit Sardar (33) and Arsadul Sk (36) who went out in the car with three others, Sirajul Sardar (40), Saidul Sk (38) and Bhaskar Purkait (36), for revelry on Thursday night.
Amit, who works as a driver of Mograhat police station, was behind the wheels of the car that was badly damaged under the impact of the accident. The five were rushed to Baghajatin State General Hospital where Sirajul was declared dead. Three others were shifted to Chittaranjan Hospital while the other was released after treatment. “All of them were drunk,” said Awadhesh Pathak, DC (Jadavpur). This was the third fatal accident due to drink-driving in the city in a span of 10 days.
Cops said those travelling in the car had stayed the night in north Kolkata and visited a couple of sex workers. Since all of them were heavily drunk, they set out for home around 6am to evade the naka checks that are wrapped up by 5am.

“The bus was parked illegally on the road as the driver had gone to have some tea in the morning. The car hit it from behind,” said an officer of Garia guard. He added, “We found Sirajul unconscious on the rear seat. He had no external major injury. He was sitting beside the driver and he succumbed to internal injuries.”
Abhijit Manna, a pedestrian, who helped cops rescue the victims from the mangled remains of the car, said, “All of them were reeking of alcohol. They had sustained multiple injuries.”
According to the police, Amit confessed to having dozed off while driving the car. He was driving the car at a high speed as the road was empty in the morning. “The case is being probed by the cops of Patuli police station. The CCTV footage is being checked with regard to the investigation. We will also slap the bus driver with charges for parking his vehicle illegally,” said an officer.