Child was riding pillion with her father on her way to school
A trip to school on Saturday morning proved fatal for an eight-year-old girl, who was run over by an MTC bus on the Ambattur-Red Hills Road in Kallikkuppam. The accident took place around 9 a.m.
The child, B. Rohini, a class III student of Velammal Matriculation Higher Secondary School in Surapet, left from her home in Gangai Amman Nagar, Ambattur, riding pillion on her father Balaji’s scooter. Usually her mother Deepa dropped her to school in an autorickshaw, but as Saturday was a half-day at school, Balaji had decided to drop her on his two-wheeler.
Speaking to The Hindu, Rajan, a shop owner, who witnessed the accident said, “The man was riding parallel to an MTC bus. Suddenly, the scooter slipped when it went over a pothole on the road. It hit the bus and the man fell on the left, while the child fell on the right side of the road. She came under the rear wheels of the bus.”
Balaji who suffered injuries on his shoulder, immediately ran and picked his daughter up from under the bus and rushed her to a hospital in an autorickshaw. But she had died on the spot.
The MTC bus, (route number 62 Poonamallee to Red Hills), was driven by Ravi (33), who was arrested by Poonamallee traffic police.
Rohin’s parents, Balaji an assistant manager with a car manufacturer, and Deepa, a homemaker, shifted from Korattur to Surapet a year ago, after Rohini was admitted to Velammal School, police said.
Local shopkeepers blamed the severely damaged road, saying that it was because Balaji’s scooter ran over a pothole that the child fell.
Its high time the Govt pays attentions to the roads and the people who
cross the roads. most of the time the signals does work, same time we
don't see any traffic police and surprisingly they are there when the
signal is functioning. added to this autos and MTC does not respect the
signals. it has become a nightmare to the people to cross the roads.
what happened in velachery road accident ( two sisters died while
crossing the road)was tragic.
Very Sad..Very pathetic.Little did the child's mom know that would be
the last day of her kid.I still remember the same road filled with
Patholes when I used to travel 10 years ago.Very unfortunate that it
still remains the same and has taken away the life of a beautiful
child.Today she is gone and will our country ever learn a lesson? -
When will we wake up and fix these wretched roads??
My heart bleeds for the little child. Her photo looks so sweet and innocent. May go bless the little one. AS usual in our country life has no value.
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