<p>Two persons including an assistant sub-inspector were killed and five injured in a car accident in West Bengal’s Paschim Medinipur district on Friday night.</p>.<p>The accident took place post-midnight at Benapur railway gate on the Digha-Kharagpur, Odisha Trunk Road in Kharagpur rural area, police said.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/east-and-northeast/minor-crushed-to-death-by-speeding-truck-in-kolkata-massive-protests-erupt-1243798.html">Minor crushed to death by speeding truck in Kolkata; massive protests erupt</a></strong></p>.<p>The deceased have been identified as ASI Ramanand Dey from Kharagpur rural police station and businessman Jahangir Sheikh of Kharagpur town.</p>.<p>Dey was standing on the Odisha Trunk Road after getting down from a police van at Benapur railway gate when a speeding luxury car hit him. The car, in which Jahangir was travelling, then crashed into the railway gate signal post and a tea stall on the left side, police added.</p>.<p>Police had to work hard to rescue the injured from the mangled car. With the help of local residents, five people were rescued one by one and taken to hospital.</p>.<p>The bodies have been sent to Kharagpur sub-divisional morgue for postmortem.</p>.<p>Jahangir and his companions were returning to Kharagpur from a dhaba in Makrampur in Paschim Medinipur when the accident took place.</p>
<p>Two persons including an assistant sub-inspector were killed and five injured in a car accident in West Bengal’s Paschim Medinipur district on Friday night.</p>.<p>The accident took place post-midnight at Benapur railway gate on the Digha-Kharagpur, Odisha Trunk Road in Kharagpur rural area, police said.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/east-and-northeast/minor-crushed-to-death-by-speeding-truck-in-kolkata-massive-protests-erupt-1243798.html">Minor crushed to death by speeding truck in Kolkata; massive protests erupt</a></strong></p>.<p>The deceased have been identified as ASI Ramanand Dey from Kharagpur rural police station and businessman Jahangir Sheikh of Kharagpur town.</p>.<p>Dey was standing on the Odisha Trunk Road after getting down from a police van at Benapur railway gate when a speeding luxury car hit him. The car, in which Jahangir was travelling, then crashed into the railway gate signal post and a tea stall on the left side, police added.</p>.<p>Police had to work hard to rescue the injured from the mangled car. With the help of local residents, five people were rescued one by one and taken to hospital.</p>.<p>The bodies have been sent to Kharagpur sub-divisional morgue for postmortem.</p>.<p>Jahangir and his companions were returning to Kharagpur from a dhaba in Makrampur in Paschim Medinipur when the accident took place.</p>