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A festive morning in turned into a scene of sheer terror on the Kamalgazi Flyover, where a high-speed collision between two motorcycles sent one rider, Arun Naskar, tumbling over the flyover railing to the road below in a heart-stopping plunge. The 35-year-old from Dhopagachi, Baruipur, was heading to Kolkata for work when his bike smashed head-on into another bike ridden by Apurba Mondal, a local. The impact was deafening—metal crunched, sparks flew, and Arun was flung off the flyover while a third biker caught amidst suffered injuries. Screams pierced the air as onlookers scrambled to help, dragging the bloodied victims to nearby hospitals.
Arun, now fighting for his life in ICU, suffered severe trauma from the fall. Apurba Mondal and the third rider, battered and critically injured as well Witnesses described the crash as a blur of reckless speed: The Narendrapur police, seizing the accident bikes, are digging into what sparked this disaster, with early theories pointing to unchecked speeding amid festive distractions.
The back-to-back tragedies have jolted with locals demanding speed limits, better signage, and police patrols on high-risk stretches like Kamalgazi Flyover. Meanwhile, investigators searched skid marks and witness accounts to pinpoint blame, though the broader picture is clear: reckless riding is claiming lives at an alarming rate while police probes underway.