Archive · 19 Aug 2025
Drunk Driver Hits Pedestrian in Kolkata, Arrested
A man driving a fancy car hit a person walking on the street.
The driver, whose name is Ramanshu Rateria, had been drinking and had too much alcohol in his system.
After hitting the pedestrian, the driver and two other people in the car ran away and left the car behind.
The person who was hit was taken to the hospital.
Doctors found that the injured person had several blood clots in the brain.
Police caught Rateria later, and they are treating this as a serious crime because he could have killed the person.
He has been put in jail while they decide what to do next.
A pedestrian was hit by a Mercedes-Benz on Park Street in Kolkata.
The driver, Ramanshu Rateria, was allegedly intoxicated, with an alcohol level exceeding the permissible limit.
The injured pedestrian was hospitalized and found to have multiple blood clots in his brain.
The car's occupants fled the scene, abandoning the vehicle.
Rateria was arrested, charged with attempted culpable homicide, and remanded to judicial custody.
- Who
- Ramanshu Rateria was driving the car; a pedestrian was hit.
- What
- A pedestrian was hit by a drunk driver.
- When
- Sunday night
- Where
- Park Street, Kolkata
- Why
- The driver was allegedly intoxicated and lost control of the vehicle.
- Driver
- Ramanshu Rateria
- Location
- Park Street, Kolkata
- Vehicle
- Mercedes-Benz
- Injuries
- Multiple blood clots in brain
- Charge
- Attempt to culpable homicide
- Arrest Status
- Judicial Remand