Ferrari crash in Kolkata | Photo Credit: ANI Howrah/Kolkata: In a horrific incident, a man was on Sunday was killed and his friend received serious wounds when the sports car they were travelling in met an accident. The deceased was identified as 43-year-old Shibaji Ray, who was behind the wheel. The daughter of his friend, who was seated beside him, received grave injuries. "The car, which was coming at high speed, hit the side rails of an overbridge on the NH-6 near Domjur in Howrah at about 9.30 am. Victims were rescued from the vehicle and taken to a city hospital in a critical condition," the West Bengal Police said. "Prima facie it seems that Shibaji Roy, a man in his early 30s, was driving the car. His friend Ashna Surana (21) was seated next to him," said a senior police officer. Locals pulled out Shibaji and Ashna of the completely wrecked expensive sports car with the assistance 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. Ferrari accident in Kolkata: Here are the pics and video A forensic test will be done on the completely destroyed parts of the car. "We came to rescue them within five minutes. There was a woman whom we helped but the driver was stuck inside the car and it took an hour to bring him out," said a person who has a restaurant near the spot where the accident took place. Eyewitnesses suggest that it was not unusual to see speeding cars on the National Highway. "Every Sunday, almost 8- 10 such cars pass in the morning and return in the evening. And they move at great speed," said the owner of the restaurant.<doc-sep>According to the reports, the Ferrari was driven at high speeds before taking a turn towards a bridge in Domjur area of Howrah district outside Kolkata. Here, the driver lost control of his Ferrari and collided with the guardrails of the Pakuria flyover. The Ferrari also had a young woman co-passenger, who sustained severe injuries. She was admitted to the nearest hospital immediately. However, the driver of the Ferrari, unfortunately, was pronounced dead when brought in to the hospital. The Ferrari was part of a seven-car motorcade, out for a long Sunday drive. The lineup of cars was returning to Kolkata when the unfortunate incident took place. The group was part of the ‘Club GT' of Kolkata. The cars involved in the drive: Mercedes SLC 43 AMG, Lamborghini Gallardo, Ferrari 488 Spyder, BMW i8, Porsche Boxster, Volkswagen Polo GTi and the Ferrari California T. Reports suggest that the driver of the Ferrari took a sharp turn to avoid a truck in front, which had suddenly slowed down. Police have started working out the exact details of the incident. However, they did mention that the car was speeding at over 120km/h when the accident occurred. The police are still trying to ascertain if the incident occurred because of over-speeding or because of the truck in front slowing down. Police mentioned that none of the witnesses remembers the number plate of the truck. Also, the absence of CCTV cameras at the junction would make it tough to trace the truck. Thoughts On The Ferrari Crash In Kolkata In a very unfortunate incident, one person died while another person suffered critical injuries. This shows the importance of driving carefully while either on the city streets or out on the highway.<doc-sep>Ferrari car accident at Howrah Ferrari accident death victim's family member at a city hospital in Kolkata Family members outside the hospital Ferrari joyride turns fatal for Kolkata businessman KOLKATA: The scion of a prominent sanitary ware chain in the city died an excruciatingly painful death inside a luxury car worth Rs 3.13 crore near Domjur in Howrah on NH-6, around 22km from the city, on Sunday morning while returning from a weekend ritual that involved taking friends and family on long drives in their high-end sports cars.Forty-three-year-old Shibaji Roy, director of M. L. Roy & Co. Sanitations Pvt Ltd (one the oldest sanitation and drainage solutions company in Bengal), who was driving a Ferrari California T (WB 02 AL 0808) — belonging to a friend — allegedly took a sharp right after a truck in front suddenly slowed down, witnesses said.The Ferrari rammed the guardrails of the Pakuria flyover, and crashed into an iron rail of the bridge that pierced the engine and hit Shibaji on his chest even as the air bag was deployed. He died on the spot after an hour, waiting to be brought out of the car. He was pronounced dead at Calcutta Medical Research Institute in the afternoon.Shibaji was part of a seven-car motorcade that had started from Kolkata on Sunday morning for a long drive along NH-6 and were returning home — after having coffee at a popular outlet at Gurap, off the highway — when the accident happened around 9.30am.Seventeen-year-old Aashna Surana, daughter of Shibaji’s friend and another owner-driver of the motorcade, who was in the same car, was admitted to CMRI with serious injuries. Shibaji’s son, 17-year-old Shreyan, had a lucky escape; he was beside his dad till he decided to get out so that his friend, Aashna, could get a ride in the Ferrari.Shibaji, his friends said, was alive for about an hour and kept on crying out for help. “Once, I heard him saying: ‘I can’t breathe’,” Parveen Agarwal, part of the group of friends, said. Cops, friends and locals finally had to prise the car open with the help of a crane to get Shibaji out in the absence of proper equipment to cut through the vehicle.Police officials said they were working on leads to determine the sequence of events that led to the accident. “But no one remembers the truck’s licence plate number and we may have a problem tracing it in the absence of CCTVs in the vicinity,” said an officer of Domjur police station.The group of seven motorists — part of the “Club GT” — left the city with their family members in seven cars; a Mercedes Benz S Class (SLC 43 AMG), a Lamborghini Gallardo, a Ferrari 488 Spider, a BMW i8, a Porsche Boxster, a Volkswagen Polo GTI and the Ferrari California T Shibaji was driving.“Shibaji owns a Jaguar F Type but on Sunday he was driving my Ferrari as he was planning to buy it. He was test-driving it for a few days. Shibaji had started the drive with his son Shreyan, but on our way back, our friend Adarsh Suarana’s daughter Aashna hopped into the Ferrari. Adarsh was driving the BMW i8 and was just ahead of Shibaji,” said Suresh Tolani, owner of a popular sari store at Sudder Street and a super-car enthusiast.Tolani said he received a call from the rider of the Porsche, who was behind Shibaji. “He called me to say that Shibaji had met with an accident. I immediately made a U-turn and came to the accident spot,” said Tolani.Police said the Ferrari was travelling at a speed of around 120kmph when the accident happened. “We are probing all angles, including if the rider was over-speeding, or had to veer right because of a truck in front,” said Gaurav Sharma, SP (Rural), Howrah.A resident of Triangular Park, Shibaji is survived by his son, wife, mother and a younger brother. “His father died two and a half years ago leaving the entire business on Shibaji and his brother’s shoulders. We will keep his body at a morgue for a day till his brother arrives from Croatia,” said a relative.<doc-sep>Early on Sunday morning, a friendly race ended in death for a Kolkata-based businessman after his Ferrari convertible crashed into a parapet in Howrah, West Bengal. Within hours, social media was flooded with pictures of the mangled vehicle lying next to the Pakuria flyover in Salap. Shibaji Roy, a fancy car enthusiast in his forties, died on the spot. His friend's teenaged daughter, who was riding shotgun with Roy, survived with severe injuries, and is currently admitted to a private hospital in Kolkata's Ekbalpur area. Preliminary post-mortem reports suggest that the impact of the accident had punctured Shibaji's lungs and liver, damaged other vital organs and caused multiple fractures. Though the airbags were deployed, the Ferrari's bonnet was completely smashed as it hit the guardrails of the flyover and an iron railing pierced the engine. Meanwhile, forensic experts who examined the two-seater Ferrari California T convertible believe that the car was speeding at or over 130 km per hour when it crashed. Shibaji Roy's Ferrari after the accident. Source: @ca_ashishpathak/Twitter SPEEDING AT 130 KMPH A report in The Telegraph says the forensic team's deduction that the car was "travelling at an even higher speed" comes from the fact that the needle of the Ferrari's speedometer was stuck at 130 kmph. "If the ABS [anti-lock braking system] worked properly, the car should not have skidded 210 ft. We will be checking if the braking system failed," the paper quotes an officer. Based on the skid marks on the road, officials also believe that the accident happened right after Roy had suddenly swerved right and pulled the brakes before crashing into the parapet. "There could be two reasons why the driver veered right. Either a vehicle in front of him had slowed down suddenly or changed lanes or the driver was trying to overtake a vehicle," the report quotes an officer. A report on the Metro quoted a friend of Roy's saying that a truck in front of the Ferrari had slowed down and changed lanes out of the blue, which had led Roy to swerve the car and lose control. The report also suggests that after the crash, the Ferrari was found locked in a 'çomfort mode', in which the car is stopped from exceeding 150 kmph. The forensic team plans to write to Ferrari manufacturers in Italy to compare notes with the crash data that can be found in an in-built recording device like the black box of an aircraft. A video doing rounds on social media (shared by Twitter user @Mylife1k) shows a close-up of the accident scene in Salap, and the mangled Ferrari. LOOSEY-GOOSEY LAW ENFORCEMENT This accident has prompted many to point fingers at the state of lawlessness apparent on national highways such as the Durgapur Expressway, down which Shibaji Roy's Ferrari was speeding on Sunday. A report in the Anandabazar Patrika points out that trucks, tankers and other big vehicles being parked along the Durgapur Expressway near the Dankuni toll plaza is a common sight. This is a violation of traffic rules for national highways. Another problem that drivers face on this expressway is cattle jaywalkers. Cows and goats often cross the road to graze on the grass-lined central divider of the expressway, often causing accidents. There have also been multiple reports of speeding beyond permitted limits, unlawful switching of lanes and drivers getting away with violation of traffic rules by bribing. With the recent Ferrari accident and Shibaji Roy's death, questions are being raised as to whether lax enforcement of traffic rules are the cause in the rise of accidents. READ MORE: Ferrari crashes into divider in Howrah, one dead, one injured Survivor of Ferrari crash in West Bengal responding to treatment<doc-sep>
Howrah/Kolkata: A man was on Sunday killed and his friend seriously injured when the sports car they were travelling in hit a divider and turned turtle at Domjur area of Howrah district. The Ferrari California T, 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. "Prima facie it seems that Shibaji Roy, a man in his early 30s, 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. According to the police, the victims went to Dankuni to have food along with a few of their friends as they used to on a regular basis on Sunday morning. It was learnt that Roy's friends who accompanied him were in other cars on their way back home. The Ferrari California T is a two-door, hardtop convertible sports car that makes over 552 horse power. The way the car was damaged indicates a terrible crash as it hit the side of the road, smashing the driver's door and the entire front was completely crushed. A metal pipe, about 6 inches thick, was seen to have pierced the bonnet of the vehicle. (The mangled remains of Ferrari convertible) 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.