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A 16-year-old Class XII pupil was killed aft a motorcycle she was connected crashed into a barricade adjacent a roadwork tract connected Ennore Expressway connected Wednesday night.
The constabulary said the girl, a nonmigratory of Thangal successful Tiruvottiyur and a pupil of a government-aided schoolhouse successful Kaladipet, was riding pillion connected the two-wheeler being driven by her classmate, besides aged 16. The motorcycle reportedly struck a barricade enactment up astir an underground manhole enactment area, causing some riders to beryllium thrown onto the road.
The miss reportedly fell successful the way of a instrumentality lorry and was tally over. She was rushed to the Stanley Government Hospital, wherever she aboriginal died of injuries contempt aesculapian treatment. Her classmate suffered insignificant injuries.
Following the accident, the lorry operator allegedly abandoned the conveyance and fled the scene. The constabulary person launched a hunt for him and are reviewing CCTV camera footage from the areas arsenic portion of the investigation.
Residents signifier protest
The incidental triggered protests from residents, who alleged that barricades, piles of sand, and operation debris had been near unattended connected the roadway aft civic work, posing a superior hazard to motorists. They called for enactment against the officials and contractors liable for maintaining information astatine the site. The constabulary person registered a lawsuit and are investigating the circumstances that led to the fatal crash.
