# Bengali actor Jaayjeet Banerjee escapes serious injury in lorry crash 2026-08-21T02:23:08+00:00 | Entertainment | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Bengali television actor Jaayjeet Banerjee escaped serious injury after a speeding lorry hit his car near the Tollygunge Karunamoyee Bridge in Kolkata. The actor was in the front seat and the right side of his car was badly damaged. He posted details of the incident on Facebook. Banerjee claimed the lorry driver did not appear to be in a proper condition and that the road was otherwise empty. He said he went to the Haridevpur Police Station, which made a Motor Collision Report and let them go. The actor questioned why CCTV footage was not checked immediately and urged action against the driver. "Luckily, I was sitting in the front seat. If I had been sitting in the back, I could have been seriously injured," Banerjee wrote. He added that he continues to have faith in Kolkata Police and is waiting to see what action they take. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Road accidents involving reckless heavy vehicles are common on the Tollygunge-Karunamoyee stretch, which sees heavy lorry traffic connecting southern Kolkata to the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass. Filing an MCR is the first step but does not guarantee that CCTV footage will be pulled or the driver traced. The Kolkata Police's traffic wing has a dedicated control room monitoring city cameras, but public complaints often cite delays in accessing footage. Banerjee's case may now prompt a quicker check of cameras on the bridge. The next signal to watch is whether the police file a formal FIR or merely issue a warning to the unidentified driver. ## Coverage - timesofindia.indiatimes.com Led with the actor's social media post and his account of the accident, with no added framing or editorial comment. This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Jaayjeet Banerjee, Kolkata Police, Tollygunge Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/bengali-actor-jaayjeet-banerjee-escapes-serious-injury-in-lorry-crash/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/bengali-actor-jaayjeet-banerjee-escapes-serious-injury-in-lorry-crash/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/