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A 47-year-old mechanic with the Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) was killed connected Thursday greeting aft a autobus helium was repairing slipped disconnected its enactment and fell connected apical of him astatine the K.K. Nagar autobus depot.
Police identified the unfortunate arsenic Krishnan, a nonmigratory of Guduvanchery, who had been serving arsenic a main mechanic with the MTC for the past 16 years. According to the MGR Nagar police, the incidental occurred astir 10 a.m. portion Krishna and a co-worker were carrying retired repairs connected a autobus astatine the work presumption wrong the depot.
A constabulary root said the autobus had been raised utilizing aggregate jacks, with its wheels secured. While Krishna was moving beneath the vehicle, 1 of the jacks reportedly loosened, causing the autobus to illness connected him. Though helium tried to determination away, helium was crushed connected the spot.
Fellow workers rushed him to a adjacent hospital, wherever doctors declared him dead. The constabulary aboriginal recovered the assemblage and sent it to a authorities infirmary for a post-mortem. An enquiry has been initiated to ascertain if determination was negligence.
