KOLKATA: The scion of a outstanding sanitary ware chain in the town died an excruciatingly painful demise inside a luxurious vehicle worth Rs three.13 crore close to Domjur in Howrah on NH-6, round 22km from the town, on Sunday morning whilst getting back from a weekend ritual that concerned taking family and friends on long drives of 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 answers corporate in Bengal), who was once riding a Ferrari California T (WB 02 AL 0808) — belonging to a pal — allegedly took a pointy right after a truck in entrance abruptly bogged down, witnesses mentioned.
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 because the air bag was once deployed. He died at the spot after an hour, waiting to be introduced out of the automobile. He was once pronounced dead at Calcutta Medical Research Institute in the afternoon.
Shibaji was once a part of a seven-car motorcade that had began from Kolkata on Sunday morning for a long force alongside NH-6 and were returning home — after having coffee at a popular outlet at Gurap, off the freeway — when the accident happened round nine.30am.
Seventeen-year-old Aashna Surana, daughter of Shibaji’s buddy and any other owner-driver of the motorcade, who was once in the similar vehicle, was once admitted to CMRI with critical injuries. Shibaji’s son, 17-year-old Shreyan, had a lucky escape; he was once beside his dad till he determined to get out so that his buddy, Aashna, may just get a trip in the Ferrari.
Shibaji, his pals mentioned, was once alive for roughly an hour and stored on crying out for assist. “Once, I heard him saying: ‘I will’t breathe’,” Parveen Agarwal, a part of the group of pals, mentioned. Cops, pals and locals in the end had to prise the automobile open with the assistance of a crane to get Shibaji out in the absence of proper equipment to chop in the course of the automobile.
Police officials mentioned they were running on results in decide the series of events that resulted in the accident. “But nobody recollects the truck’s licence plate number and we could have a problem tracing it in the absence of CCTVs in the vicinity,” mentioned an officer of Domjur police station.
The crew of 7 motorists — a part of the “Club GT” — left the town with their members of the family 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 once riding.
“Shibaji owns a Jaguar F Type however on Sunday he was once riding my Ferrari as he was once making plans to buy it. He was once test-driving it for a few days. Shibaji had began the force together with his son Shreyan, however on our way back, our buddy Adarsh Suarana’s daughter Aashna hopped into the Ferrari. Adarsh was once riding the BMW i8 and was once just ahead of Shibaji,” mentioned Suresh Tolani, owner of a popular sari store at Sudder Street and a super-car fanatic.
Tolani mentioned he received a decision from the rider of the Porsche, who was once at the back of Shibaji. “He referred to as me to say that Shibaji had met with an accident. I straight away made a U-turn and got here to the accident spot,” mentioned Tolani.
Police mentioned the Ferrari was once travelling at a pace of round 120kmph when the accident happened. “We are probing all angles, together with if the rider was once over-speeding, or had to veer right on account of a truck in entrance,” mentioned Gaurav Sharma, SP (Rural), Howrah.
A resident of Triangular Park, Shibaji is survived by means of his son, wife, mom and a younger brother. “His father died two and a part years in the past leaving all of the trade on Shibaji and his brother’s shoulders. We will keep his body at a morgue for a day till his brother arrives from Croatia,” mentioned a relative.
Forty-three-year-old Shibaji Roy, director of M. L. Roy & Co. Sanitations Pvt Ltd (one the oldest sanitation and drainage answers corporate in Bengal), who was once riding a Ferrari California T (WB 02 AL 0808) — belonging to a pal — allegedly took a pointy right after a truck in entrance abruptly bogged down, witnesses mentioned.
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 because the air bag was once deployed. He died at the spot after an hour, waiting to be introduced out of the automobile. He was once pronounced dead at Calcutta Medical Research Institute in the afternoon.
Shibaji was once a part of a seven-car motorcade that had began from Kolkata on Sunday morning for a long force alongside NH-6 and were returning home — after having coffee at a popular outlet at Gurap, off the freeway — when the accident happened round nine.30am.
Seventeen-year-old Aashna Surana, daughter of Shibaji’s buddy and any other owner-driver of the motorcade, who was once in the similar vehicle, was once admitted to CMRI with critical injuries. Shibaji’s son, 17-year-old Shreyan, had a lucky escape; he was once beside his dad till he determined to get out so that his buddy, Aashna, may just get a trip in the Ferrari.
Shibaji, his pals mentioned, was once alive for roughly an hour and stored on crying out for assist. “Once, I heard him saying: ‘I will’t breathe’,” Parveen Agarwal, a part of the group of pals, mentioned. Cops, pals and locals in the end had to prise the automobile open with the assistance of a crane to get Shibaji out in the absence of proper equipment to chop in the course of the automobile.
Police officials mentioned they were running on results in decide the series of events that resulted in the accident. “But nobody recollects the truck’s licence plate number and we could have a problem tracing it in the absence of CCTVs in the vicinity,” mentioned an officer of Domjur police station.
The crew of 7 motorists — a part of the “Club GT” — left the town with their members of the family 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 once riding.
“Shibaji owns a Jaguar F Type however on Sunday he was once riding my Ferrari as he was once making plans to buy it. He was once test-driving it for a few days. Shibaji had began the force together with his son Shreyan, however on our way back, our buddy Adarsh Suarana’s daughter Aashna hopped into the Ferrari. Adarsh was once riding the BMW i8 and was once just ahead of Shibaji,” mentioned Suresh Tolani, owner of a popular sari store at Sudder Street and a super-car fanatic.
Tolani mentioned he received a decision from the rider of the Porsche, who was once at the back of Shibaji. “He referred to as me to say that Shibaji had met with an accident. I straight away made a U-turn and got here to the accident spot,” mentioned Tolani.
Police mentioned the Ferrari was once travelling at a pace of round 120kmph when the accident happened. “We are probing all angles, together with if the rider was once over-speeding, or had to veer right on account of a truck in entrance,” mentioned Gaurav Sharma, SP (Rural), Howrah.
A resident of Triangular Park, Shibaji is survived by means of his son, wife, mom and a younger brother. “His father died two and a part years in the past leaving all of the trade on Shibaji and his brother’s shoulders. We will keep his body at a morgue for a day till his brother arrives from Croatia,” mentioned a relative.
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