Overloaded share auto overturns, 1 dead, 4 injured

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Chennai:15.03.2020

One passenger died and four others sustained injuries after the share autorickshaw they were travelling in overturned on OMR on Friday.

The overloaded share autorickshaw was plying from Kandanchavadi to Madhya Kailash carrying 12 people including the driver.

The driver lost control and the vehicle hit a median on Rajiv Gandhi Salai at Taramani.

Police have identified the deceased as V Moorthy, 57, of Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh. The incident happened around 11pm and when auto driver Manikandan, 29, of Tsunami Colony, Semmancherry, was carrying the auto with as many as 11 passengers to Madhya Kailash from Kandhanchavadi. Most of the passengers are employees of a catering firm at Kandanchavadi. They boarded the auto from a wedding hall in the area, police said.

When the auto reached the traffic signal at SRP Tools bus stop, Manikandan lost the control of the vehicle leading to the accident. While Moorthy died on the spot and Manikandan suffered injuries on the head.

Some of the other passengers were Desikan, 44, Shanmugam, 34, and Murugesan, 39, and have been admitted at Royapettah Government Hospital. The Guindy traffic investigation wing police have registered a case and further investigation is on.