Kolkata: A 50-year-old woman suffered serious injuries after an app bike on which she was riding pillion collided with a private SUV at the Park Circus seven-point crossing on Oct 10. The accident took place around 8.30 am opposite Arsalan Restaurant. Police said the injured woman, Sudha Banerjee, is a resident of Raja Manindra Road in Paikpara. She had booked the app bike to travel to SSKM Hospital to buy medicines for her brother, who has stage IV cancer, and her partially paralysed husband.Witnesses said the SUV driver offered to take her to Chittaranjan National Medical College and Hospital. However, he allegedly left her unattended in the emergency ward. The app bike rider also allegedly left the spot without helping her or informing police.Banerjee’s family later shifted her to a private nursing home on Jatindra Mohan Avenue, where she underwent emergency surgery. Her family alleged that the bike rider had been driving rashly from the start of the trip. They said he ignored repeated warnings and took wrong turns before reaching Park Circus. Officers are trying to trace both the app bike rider and the vehicle drive
