One dead, eight injured as drunk driver crashes SUV into Kolkata's Thakurpukur market

Kolkata: A 63-year-old man was killed and eight others injured after a speeding SUV ploughed through a crowded marketplace in south Kolkata’s Thakurpukur area on Sunday morning. Police said the driver, identified as 35-year-old Siddhant Das, a film and television director, was allegedly under the influence of alcohol at the time of the incident. The accident occurred around 9 am on Bakrahat Road, where a makeshift market had gathered near the Thakurpukur Bazar. Das, who was driving a black SUV from Bakrahat towards Gariahat, reportedly broke through guardrails and drove straight into the barricaded, pedestrian-only stretch, knocking down multiple people and vehicles.

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