A 72-year-old passenger, who boarded a Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) bus near Camp Road bus stop, Selaiyur, was found dead in the seat by the bus crew when the bus reached Tambaram bus terminus on Saturday morning.
He was rushed to a Government Hospital in Chromepet.
However, doctors declared him ‘dead on arrival’.
Police late later identified the man as Raghunathan of Chitlapakkam, a former government employee, who was on his way to a temple in Tambaram. Tambaram police registered a case in this connection.