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86-year-old killed by car during evening walk in Kolkata
An 86-year-old man died in the early hours of Wednesday after being hit by a car during his evening walk inside the Uniworld City residential complex in New Town, Kolkata. Sribas Chandra…
The Story in Brief
An 86-year-old man died in the early hours of Wednesday after being hit by a car during his evening walk inside the Uniworld City residential complex in New Town, Kolkata. Sribas Chandra Ojha was walking with an attendant when the car, allegedly driven by a woman who runs a shop at the adjoining Downtown Mall, struck him and three others around 6.45 pm, Hindustan Times reports.
Ojha's son-in-law removed a denture lodged in his airway before rushing him to hospital, but a CT scan showed brain bleeding and he died later. Three others were injured, including the attendant with a fractured shoulder and a youth with a skull fracture now in ICU. Police have filed a case of negligent driving and are investigating whether the driver had a valid licence.
The Indian Opinion
This tragedy will inevitably spark calls for stricter traffic enforcement inside residential complexes, but the real question is enforcement of existing rules. The driver's licence status is unknown, and the FIR cites negligent driving. Before demanding new laws, let the police establish whether the driver was qualified to be on the road at all. That single fact, valid licence or not, will tell us more about accountability than any headline.
Source: hindustantimes.com
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