Woman injured in metro rail site mishap as barricade falls

Chennai: In yet another metro work site accident, a 37-year-old woman was injured when a barricade, due to strong winds, accidentally fell on people waiting for a bus in Thirumangalam. This is the fifth accident, related to railway work sites, in the last two weeks since June 8. The victim, Tamilarasi, a resident of Red Hills was waiting for a bus at Thirumangalam when a metal sheet on the site fell on her.

“She suffered injuries on her head and doctors at a private hospital had advised to take treatment as in-patient after treating her head injury. She was given nine stitches,” Ilayaraja, brother of the victim told this newspaper on Sunday. Tamilarasi was waiting with other commuters when the incident happened. She was returning after visiting her sister, Ilayaraja said. It may be noted that so far five mishaps, including a fatal one, happened in which the public were at the receiving end.

Last Wednesday, a techie on a moving bike was killed on GST road when a part of iron railing fell on his head from the elevated Metro rail site near Officers Training Academy in St Thomas Mount.
Two days later, a car’s front windshield was damaged after an iron rod fell on it at Puzhuthivakkam MRTS elevated work site. Earlier on June 8, a bike rider had a close shave when an iron piece from elevated Metro site fell on pillion seat on GST Road. Two days later, the rear windshield of a car was damaged when an object fell from atop a structure while he was moving on GST road near Alandur.