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Three youngsters were killed successful a roadworthy mishap aft an SUV deed their two-wheeler connected a roadworthy overbridge (ROB) astatine Navalpur colony successful Ranipet municipality successful the aboriginal hours of Thursday (November 20, 2025).
The deceased were identified arsenic T. Balamurugan, 19, S. Dinesh, 20, and B. Shah Jahan, 26. They were residents of Karai colony adjacent Ranipet town, Rangapuram successful Vellore, and Arcot town, respectively.
Initial inquiries revealed that they were triple-riding a two-wheeler to person beverage adjacent the toll gross astatine Walajah municipality connected the Chennai-Bengaluru Highway (NH48). While they were connected a two-lane span -- which did not person a median -- to driblet Balamurugan astatine his location astatine Karai village, the operator of the SUV, Ayub Khan, 56, a autochthonal of Kolar (Karnataka), got onto the incorrect lane of the carriageway, the constabulary said.
The SUV deed the two-wheeler connected the bridge. The incidental occurred astatine astir 3 a.m. In the impact, Dinesh and Balamurugan were thrown disconnected the vehicle, and the erstwhile died connected the spot.
Four workers from Kolar, who were successful the SUV, escaped unhurt. Passersby alerted the Ranipet Town police, who shifted Balamurugan and Shah Jahan to the Government Taluk Hospital successful Walajah municipality wherever the doctors declared them ‘brought dead’. A lawsuit was registered, and the SUV operator was arrested.
The constabulary said the span lacked a median to guarantee lane subject among motorists. A probe is nether way.
