A man was killed on Sunday and his friend seriously injured when the Ferrari they were travelling in hit a divider and turned turtle at Domjur area of Howrah district.
The vehicle, which was coming at a high speed from Dankuni, hit the divider while approaching a bridge on National Highway 6 at Domjur, an hour's drive from Kolkata, and landed upside down on the ground with a thud, a senior police officer said The car reportedly cart-wheeled 7-8 times due to heavy impact of the crash. "Prima facie it seems that 40-year-old Shibaji Roy,, was driving the car. His friend Ashna Surana (21) was seated next to him," he said. Both of them were pulled out of the mangled vehicle by local people with the help of police officers. "While Roy was declared dead on his arrival at a private hospital in Kolkata, Surana was admitted with serious injuries," the officer said.
A forensic test will be conducted on the mangled parts of the car, which was towed away to Domjur police station, he said, adding that the accident led to disruption in traffic movement along the arterial road for around 30 minutes.
According to Zee 24 Ghanta report, the Ferrari was travelling at a speed of 150 km/hour when the fatal accident took place. There are still doubts regarding why the anti-locking sysem failed to get activate. It normally comes handy when the car loses control. The air bag in the steering worked but still couldn't stop the accident. According to police, the car powerful thudded against a pipe after hitting the divider. That essentially sealed the fate of Shibaji Roy, who used to run business of sanitary equipments in Kolkata.
According to reports, Shibaji had affinity for expensive foreign cars from his childhood. His garrage was stocked with 8-10 foreign cars. The ferrari, California T which Shibaji was driving costed around Rs 3.5 crore and was bought merely two months back. At the time of accident, Shibaji's wife and son were travelling in another car. Ashna was friend of Shibaji's son, and is currently fighting for her life.
According to locals, many foreign cars are seen 'racing' in the area on weekends. Police has promised to probe if any law was being broken.
With PTI inputs
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