Three charred to death as truck hits lorry, catches fire

CHENNAI: Three males had been charred to loss of life on Wednesday morning and every other man suffered injuries after a truck carrying chickens burst into flames after smashing right into a container truck near Thandalam at the Chennai-Bengaluru National Highway.

The truck driving force Sahayam, 38, of Royappan Patti near Theni, cleaner Manoharan, 42, of Naidumangalam in Tiruvannamalai district and Vetrivel, 24, of Anjalvadi in Dharmapuri district, had been trapped in the mangled truck and had been burned to loss of life.

The driving force of the container truck, Sankar of Perambakkam, escaped with injuries after his vehicle overturned. Around 50 chickens perished in the blaze.

Police mentioned the truck carrying chickens was once going from Chennai to Bengaluru at around five am when it slammed into the container lorry and were given stuck in its rear after the larger vehicle overturned.


In the have an effect on, the gas tank burst and the truck stuck fire. Within minutes, the flames engulfed the vehicle and the 3 occupants had been burned alive.


A big crowd accrued on the spot, however none could means the vehicle to help pull out the 3 males, a police officer mentioned.


On receiving the guidelines, a staff of fireside and rescue products and services body of workers arrived and put out the hearth following an hour-long combat. Traffic was once disrupted for an hour after the coincidence sooner than the police helped it resume.


The bodies had been despatched for autopsy to the federal government sanatorium in Sriperumbudur along side the injured Sankar. The Sriperumbudur police have registered a case underneath IPC Section 304 (a) (loss of life caused due to negligent using).
Three charred to death as truck hits lorry, catches fire Three charred to death as truck hits lorry, catches fire Reviewed by Kailash on June 28, 2018 Rating: 5
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