Live wire kills 2 kids on waterlogged road

Kolkata: Two school students, who were returning home from a private tutor’s class, died after being electrocuted in Dum Dum’s Bandhabnagar on Wednesday afternoon. The two had jumped off the road to make way for a car coming from the opposite direction when they accidentally touched live wires sticking out of a roadside decorative street light. The duo was rushed to a hospital where they were declared dead.

Sreya Banik (12) and Anushka Nandi (13) were returning home around 4pm after attending tuition when the incident happened. The moment they touched the pole, they fell down unconscious. “As soon as I learnt about the incident, an ambulance was arranged. But unfortunately, the girls could not be saved,” said South Dum Dum Municipality ward coordinator Surajit Roychowdhury.