A speeding truck in Kolkata’s Behala area killed a seven-year old boy and has left his father critically injured at around 7 a.m on Friday morning. The accident took place at the Diamond Harbour road when the child, who was a class 2 student was on his way to school with his father on a bicycle.
Following the incident, a police van and a motorcycle was set on fire by an agitated mob. Several buses have also been ransacked in the area. The locals have said that the father and son were crossing the road when the accident took place.
A corporation truck hit the bicycle from the opposite side and crushed the head of the child. The child, identified as Souryanil died on the spot and the father was rushed to the hospital on being seriously injured. The father is currently undergoing treatment at the SSKM hospital. After the accident, the police allowed the corporation truck to leave the spot.
The locals blocked the main road in Behala and pelted stones at the police. The irate mob refused to handover the body of the child to the police and alleged negligence, bribery and lack of proper action on their part. A large police force was deployed in the area where the accident took place with cops resorting to lathi charge and firing tear gas shells to disperse the mob.
The police said that the truck is yet to be traced, however fire tenders have been deployed to douse the flame from the vehicles that were set on fire.
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