CHENNAI: A tipper lorry knocked down two motorists, killing them on the spot, at Sothupakkam sign close to Red Hills after the motive force misplaced keep watch over, on Monday morning.
The deceased were identified as Chandrababu, 48, of Avadi and Johnson, 54, of Panchetti. The lorry driver whose identity could no longer be established also suffered grievous accidents within the accident. He has been admitted at Stanley Government Hospital. Johnson's son Sujith, who was riding pillion, escaped with minor accidents.
The motorists reached the Sothupakkam sign at 6am and were looking ahead to for the sign to show inexperienced when the motive force of the lorry carrying gravel from Ponneri misplaced keep watch over and knocked the motorcycles prior to ramming every other lorry ready on the sign. Those looking ahead to bus ran for protection seeing the tipper lorry.
"The lorry was about to plough into a shop. However, it came to a halt after hitting another truck. Otherwise the damage could have been severe," mentioned an investigating officer. Johnson was hired at a private safety company in Ambathur and was taking his son Sujith to a relative's area. While Chandrababu, a resident of T Nagar, was on his strategy to his administrative center, police mentioned.
Passersby who witnessed the incident, alerted the police who got here and sent the our bodies for post-mortem.
Madhavaram traffic investigation police registered a case of inflicting dying due to negligence, rash and negligent driving in opposition to the lorry driver and additional investigations are on.
Police mentioned traffic was affected for about two and a part hours due to the incident.
Preliminary investigations printed that the lorry driver was no longer ready to use brakes. Police have seized the lorry.
The deceased were identified as Chandrababu, 48, of Avadi and Johnson, 54, of Panchetti. The lorry driver whose identity could no longer be established also suffered grievous accidents within the accident. He has been admitted at Stanley Government Hospital. Johnson's son Sujith, who was riding pillion, escaped with minor accidents.
The motorists reached the Sothupakkam sign at 6am and were looking ahead to for the sign to show inexperienced when the motive force of the lorry carrying gravel from Ponneri misplaced keep watch over and knocked the motorcycles prior to ramming every other lorry ready on the sign. Those looking ahead to bus ran for protection seeing the tipper lorry.
"The lorry was about to plough into a shop. However, it came to a halt after hitting another truck. Otherwise the damage could have been severe," mentioned an investigating officer. Johnson was hired at a private safety company in Ambathur and was taking his son Sujith to a relative's area. While Chandrababu, a resident of T Nagar, was on his strategy to his administrative center, police mentioned.
Passersby who witnessed the incident, alerted the police who got here and sent the our bodies for post-mortem.
Madhavaram traffic investigation police registered a case of inflicting dying due to negligence, rash and negligent driving in opposition to the lorry driver and additional investigations are on.
Police mentioned traffic was affected for about two and a part hours due to the incident.
Preliminary investigations printed that the lorry driver was no longer ready to use brakes. Police have seized the lorry.
Two bikers killed as lorry driver loses control
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