KOLKATA: A cyclist and a biker died while at least four other bikers and a cyclist were injured in separate incidents since Thursday night.
Ashok Kumar Ghosh (60), a resident of Howrah, lost his life when a private bus on route 12C hit his cycle from behind. The incident was reported at 8.40pm on Thursday at the Fairlie Place-Strand Road crossing on the Howrah-bound flank.
The victim was declared dead after being rushed to SSKM Hospital. Cops said the cyclist had no reflective tapes and should have avoided Strand Road since it was out of bounds for cyclists, cops said.
In another incident, a 59-year-old biker, Vinod Shaw, was suspected to have had a heart attack while returning to his Maheshtala home on a bike on Thursday. He fell ill near Taratala, and by the time he was taken to Vidyasagar Hospital, he had died.
In two other accidents, a cyclist and three riding a bike were injured. Ghanashyam Kumar (20) was critically injured when a car hit his cycle on Bypass. Kumar was admitted to CNMC Hospital after the accident took place around 4.30pm on Friday. Bypass is out of bounds for cyclists. Another car hit a bike with three riders —Raj Samanta (20), Amit Nayek (19) and Abhijit Paswan (21) —at the Theatre Road-Cathedral Road crossing early on Friday. Samanta’s condition is serious.