Truck kills pregnant pillion rider in Haroa’s Kulgachhi Angry residents on Friday night alleged negligence on the part of the police in controlling reckless driving on the road
A pregnant woman and her husband, both in their 20s, died in Haroa’s Kulgachhi in North 24-Parganas on Friday night when their motorcycle was run over by a truck loaded with stone chips.
The mishap occurred around 10pm when the couple were returning home in Brahmanchak village after a visit to the doctor.
Police and local sources said the truck, speeding along Haroa-Radhanagar road, hit the motorbike and ran over Pijush Mandal, 28, and Sathi Mandal, 21, when they fell off on the Sankarpur-Kulgachi bridge.