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A 60-year-old tailor and his 2 grandchildren were killed successful a roadworthy mishap aft the two-wheeler they were travelling was deed by a van astatine Kaveripakkam colony adjacent Walajah municipality successful Ranipet connected Chennai-Bengaluru Highway (NH 48) connected Friday.
The deceased were identified arsenic M. Velu, 60, T. Gunasri, 9, and T. Aswin, 8. They were residents of Ocheri colony successful Ranipet.
Initial enquiry revealed that Velu was moving a tailoring store successful the colony for galore years. His children V. Thandapani and V. Nirmala were joined and settled successful the village. As a routine, Velu utilized to instrumentality his grandchildren to schoolhouse successful Kaveripakkam each day.
On Friday, Velu and 3 of his grandchildren were travelling successful a two-wheeler connected the agelong erstwhile van operator R. Jaya Suriya, 28, a autochthonal of Polur municipality successful Tiruvannamalai, abruptly mislaid power of the conveyance and deed the two-wheeler from behind.
The constabulary said, successful the impact, Velu and his grandchildren were thrown disconnected from the two-wheeler. Immediately, different motorists and residents alerted Kaveripakkam constabulary and called for an ambulance.
Police said the victims were admitted astatine Government Taluk Hospital successful Walajah municipality wherever doctors said that Velu, Gunasri, and Aswin were brought dead. The 3rd kid T. Ajay, 7, is being treated astatine the hospital.
A lawsuit was registered and the van operator Jaya Suriya was arrested. A probe is nether way.
