Archive · 3 Aug 2026
Truck collision kills one, bus incident injures boy in West Bengal
A truck was going too fast and crashed into a bunch of small electric rickshaws and motorcycles in a town called Raiganj.
One man named Deepak Dhar died right there, and ten other people were hurt.
People got angry and hit the truck driver before the police came.
The driver was taken to a hospital.
On the same day, a 15‑year‑old boy fell off a private bus in Calcutta and got hurt.
The bus driver was taken into custody.
Both groups of injured people were sent to hospitals, and some of them are still very sick.
A speeding truck collided with e‑rickshaws and motorcycles in Raiganj, killing 50‑year‑old Deepak Dhar and injuring 10 others.
The crash happened on the state highway near Baroduari, about 4 km from Raiganj town, as the truck was traveling from Karandighi to Raiganj.
An angry mob attacked the truck driver before police intervened; the driver was later admitted to Raiganj Government Medical College and Hospital.
Separately, a 15‑year‑old boy fell from a private bus on Raja Rammohan Roy Road in Calcutta, sustaining multiple injuries; the bus driver was detained.
The injured from both incidents were taken to local hospitals, with some patients in critical condition.
- Who
- Deepak Dhar, a 50‑year‑old Tollygunge resident; a 15‑year‑old boy; the truck driver; the bus driver
- What
- A speeding truck collided with e‑rickshaws and motorcycles, killing Dhar and injuring ten; a boy fell from a private bus, sustaining multiple injuries
- When
- Saturday evening for the truck crash; Saturday afternoon for the bus incident
- Where
- Raiganj, West Bengal (state highway near Baroduari); Calcutta, West Bengal (Raja Rammohan Roy Road near Behala Chowrasta)
- Why
- Truck was speeding; bus incident involved a fall from the footboard
- Incident
- Truck collision and bus fall
- Fatalities
- 1
- Injuries
- 10+ (truck) + multiple (bus)
- Location
- Raiganj and Calcutta, West Bengal
- Date
- Saturday, 2024
- Vehicle involved
- Truck, e-rickshaws, motorcycles, private bus