A man was charred to death after a dumper truck hit his scooter and he was dragged for around 500 meters on Thursday night in Siliguri’s Shivmandir area
Siliguri (West Bengal): A man was charred to death after a dumper truck hit his scooter and he was dragged for around 500 meters on Thursday night in Siliguri’s Shivmandir area.
The deceased has been identified as Ananta Das. The incident happened near Gate number 2 of North Bengal University at around 8 pm.
According to locals, Ananta Das, a resident of Siliguri was returning from Bagdogra to his home. During that time, a speeding dumper truck hit the scooter and dragged the deceased for around 500 meters from North Bengal University Gate number 1 to Gate number 2.
Both the truck and the scooter caught fire thereafter.
The body of the scooter rider Ananta Das was charred after the fire.
Also, Read: Delhi: Bad Weather Conditions Disrupts Flight Operations
The fire brigade reached the spot on receiving information about the accident. Later two more fire tenders arrived and the fire was brought under control.
Utpal Goswami, a local resident of the Shivmandir area said, “I came to know that a major incident occurred in front of the University. I reached the spot and found that the body was fully charred after the two vehicles caught fire.”
Local police have arrested the driver and registered a case.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by HW News staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
As an independent media platform, we do not take advertisements from governments and corporate houses. It is you, our readers, who have supported us on our journey to do honest and unbiased journalism. Please contribute, so that we can continue to do the same in future.
