KOLKATA: A sand-laden truck — trying to flee from Rajpur after it smashed into three autos and damaged a light post — got involved in a series of accidents in a span of 20 minutes over a distance of eight-odd kilometres. In all, the truck was involved in five different accidents that left six people injured. Among the injured, the condition of three persons — a 55-year-old pedestrian and two persons selling vegetables in a cart at Azadgarh — is stated to be serious.
The driver was finally nabbed from near Tollygunge Metro station after a constable blocked the road with guard rails and multiple vehicles. A mob then even tried to assault the driver, Iktiar Md Sheikh (36), a resident of Galsi in Burdwan, but cops managed to shift the accused first to a nearby traffic kiosk and then to Regent Park PS.
