Biker dies after colliding with dumper

Kolkata: A biker without a headgear was killed in a road accident in New Town on Friday morning.

According to the locals, when the biker tried to cross the taxi and the dumper, the rider lost control and collided with the dumper on his left side and sustained head injuries.

Police informed that at 9:15 am on Friday one Sankar Mondal was headed towards Narkelbagan from Baliguri on his bike bearing registration number WB 26AD/5537 and near Chakpachuria, he faced the taxi and the dumper. He tried to go ahead taking the in-between road as the vehicles were running side by side in front of him and Mondal somehow came close to the taxi. As a result his bike and taxi collided on the right side. Though Mondal did not fall on the ground, he lost control over his bike and collided with the dumper's right side. His bike immediately skidded and Mondal got stuck in a hook of the dumper. The driver of the dumper came to a halt after he was alerted by the pedestrians. Mondal was removed to a hospital where doctors declared him brought dead.