Two men were killed after a government bus rammed into a couple of two-wheelers near the Haldiram’s intersection on VIP Road near Chinar Park on Wednesday.
The bus as well as the two-wheelers were heading towards Ultadanga from the airport, an officer of the Bidhannagar commissionerate said.
“The bus was travelling at high speed and it first hit a bike and then a scooter,” the officer said.
Both the two-wheelers were flung towards the left side of the road upon impact and all the riders fell on the road.
Baranagar resident Nayanaditya Kundu was riding the bike and Biyas Ghosh was on the pillion seat.
The scooter also had two riders — Arjunpur resident Pintu Saha and his friend Kishan Roy was riding pillion.
Kundu and Roy suffered head injuries and lost consciousness before they were taken to the Barasat sub-divisional hospital where they were declared dead. “Both the men had lost a lot of blood and were not conscious when they were brought in,” a doctor of the hospital said.
All the riders were wearing helmets but Kundu’s had come off on the impact, a police officer said.
Ghosh who also suffered injuries was taken to the Charnock Hospital off VIP Road near Chinar Park where she received treatment for her injuries.
“She has received multiple stitches,” said an official of the Charnock Hospital.
Babu Saha, an autorickshaw driver who was waiting for passengers on the service lane of VIP Road when the accident occurred, said the bus had been speeding and the driver had made no attempt to brake before it hit the two-wheelers.
Police later intercepted the bus and arested the driver.