38-yr-old man gets trapped inside burning car, charred to death
Was Driving At High Speed To Avoid Police Checkpoints
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:
A 38-year-old man was charred to death after his car caught fire as it crashed into an electric transformer near Pallakaranai on Tuesday morning. Unable to come out of the vehicle, the man died.
The deceased was Khaja Mohideen of VGP Shanthi Nagar in Pallikaranai. He was an assistant manager at a showroom in Nungambakkam. The showroom was closed due to lockdown but on Tuesday morning Mohideen went out for some personal work and was returning home after 10am. He was driving fast as he did not want to be stopped at police checkpoints as surveillance has been intensified for eregistration.
Around 11am, on VGP Shanthi Nagar Main Road, Mohideen lost control of the vehicle and crashed into electric transformer. Police said that within a few seconds the transformer caught fire which soon spread to the car.
Hearing the noise, residents came out only to see the car ablaze. The doors of the vehicle got stuck and Mohideen could not release the seat belt and come out. Onlookers could see him struggling inside but stood helpless as the entire car was ablaze.
They were even scared to go near as the transformer too caught fire. They informed the fire and rescue team and the police. The Medavakam rescue team rushed to the spot and doused the fire. By the time they broke open the door, Mohideen was already dead. The Pallikaranai police retrieved the body and sent it for postmortem to the Chromepet Government Hospital. St Thomas Mount traffic investigation police registered a case and are investigating.
Automobile engineers said tension adjustment system in seat belt operating mechanism is designed to get locked when it senses a sudden deceleration so that passengers are not thrown forward.
UP IN FLAMES: The car caught fire after it crashed into a transformer on VGP Shanthi Nagar Main Road
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