Overview

• The accident occurred Monday morning on Diamond Harbour Road near Pushpasree Housing in Behala’s Thakurpukur area when 45-year-old Jamuna Mondal slipped while alighting from a Diamond Harbour-Esplanade bus
• Her saree snagged on the floorboard as the driver moved the vehicle, causing her to fall under the rear wheel and suffer fatal injuries
• Mondal was rushed to Vidyasagar State General Hospital where doctors declared her brought dead
• Witnesses forced the bus to stop but the driver fled the scene and remains at large
• Traffic along the busy route was briefly snarled before normal flow resumed as police impounded the bus and launched a search for the driver