Three injured after van overturns in Vellore

Three persons, including a farmer, were injured aft a van they were travelling overturned aft a tyre burst astatine Konavattam connected Sunday.

Police said that S. Arumugam (56) was a husbandman adjacent Gudiyatham town. He harvested astir 2 tonnes of paddy. He hired a van to transport it to the godown of District Procurement Centre successful Vellore town.

Along with 3 workers, Arumugam was travelling successful the conveyance erstwhile the van driver, K. Venkatesan (54) mislaid power of the conveyance erstwhile a tyre connected the rear broadside of the conveyance burst. From the impact, the conveyance overturned connected the carriageway. The husbandman and 2 workers were injured successful the incident. Loads of paddy bags spilled onto the stretch, affecting postulation movement.

Based connected an alert, Vellore North constabulary rescued injured persons, who were admitted astatine Government Medical College Hospital successful Vellore. Rice bags were removed from the agelong to reconstruct postulation question connected the route. A lawsuit was registered. A probe is nether way.