Container truck rams into autos, 6 injured

The driver of a container truck lost his control over the steering wheel on the VIP Road and hit several auto-rickshaws stationed there at the Baguiati stoppage. Six auto drivers were badly injured after the incident and they were taken to a nearby hospital. According to the hospital authority, condition of one driver is critical.

Soon after the incident on Saturday afternoon, infuriated drivers damaged the container there and blocked both the flanks of the VIP Road for over an hour. Some of the angry auto drivers even set the broken container on fire.

The traffic police, policemen from Baguiati police station and some local residents tried to convince the auto drivers to withdraw the blockade.

"We immediately called up the fire brigade to douse the flame in the container truck. One fire tender reached the spot on time and extinguished the flame in that vehicle," said a local resident.

"We have averted a bigger mishap. The container could have exploded if fire brigade would have been unable to douse the flame quickly. Many people could have died if the truck exploded," said an on-duty police officer.

Accidents on the VIP Road have become a common incident. Earlier, in many times, people came under the wheels of speed vehicles while crossing the road. But now, the state government has set up a few underpasses which has reduced the number of the road accidents.

In another incident, a Dhulagarh-Chingrihata route bus overturned near Belghoria's Prafullanagar on Saturday evening. Ten persons were injured after the incident and they were taken to the College of Medicine & Sagore Dutta Hospital.