"The boy was crying out to me for help and I could not do anything for him. Rescuers could not reach the victims immediately because of the thick, black smoke and the hot pitch that spilled out of the tanker onto the car and the road. Almost an hour went by before a crane arrived to lift the tanker off the car. Rajen and his family were going to their ancestral house in Patna when the accident occurred. The Kona Expressway that connects Calcutta with NH6 is another stretch that has witnessed many road deaths caused by rash driving.

Source: The Telegraph March 22, 2017 22:07 UTC