Two men died in an accident on Velachery Main Road in Pallikaranai on Saturday morning after a concrete mixer lorry collided with the motorcycles they were travelling on.
One person survived the accident with minor injuries.
St. Thomas Mount traffic police identified the deceased as Umapathy (40), a resident of Chittibabu Street, Puthu Perungalathur, who works in a private firm in Velachery, and Anand (22), a resident of TNHB Colony in Chitlapakkam who was a supervisor at a garment shop in Velachery. The accident took place around 9.15 a.m. when Umapathy and Dhanasekar (30), a security officer from Chitlapakkam who was travelling on another two-wheeler with Anand riding pillion, were on the Velachery Main Road.
When the two motorcyclists were near the Government Higher Secondary School in Pallikaranai the speeding lorry rammed into the vehicle, killing Umapathy and Anand.
Dhanasekar sustained minor injuries on his legs. He was rushed to a nearby private hospital by passersby.
Traffic police arrested Sanjay Gandhi (25) from Aruppukottai, driver of the lorry, sources said.
Accidents keep happening and neither the police nor the government wants to control them.Traffic police is for namesake and they are seen on important roads only.You can never see them in all parts of chennai. Their service is pathetic and the time is set for privatising the traffic policing.The government will not allow them but how many more deaths to follow in road accidents. The entire police machinery should be privatised for better citizen service.
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