4 months ago
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A 21-year-old van operator was killed and six women devotees were injured aft a tourer autobus and van collided astatine Perumbulipakkam colony adjacent Walajah municipality successful Ranipet connected the Chennai - Bengaluru Highway (NH 48). The deceased van operator was identified arsenic S. Deepak Babu, a autochthonal of Poonamallee adjacent Chennai. Initial enquiry revealed that a radical of devotees, mostly women, adjacent Chittoor successful A.P were returning location aft visiting Amman temple successful Melmaruvathur colony adjacent Chengalpattu connected the elevated span of the stretch.
In the other direction, Babu, the van driver, mislaid power of his conveyance aft it was deed by a sedan car from down connected the stretch. From the impact, helium jumped onto the incorrect lane and deed the tourer bus on the carriageway.
Police said that the operator died connected the spot and six devotees successful the autobus were injured. Based connected an alert, Avalur constabulary inspected the spot. The mangled tourer autobus and the van were removed from the carriageway to reconstruct postulation connected the stretch. A lawsuit was registered. Car driver Anbu Mahesh, 37, a autochthonal of Chennai, was arrested for rash driving. A probe is nether way.
