Chennai: Woman killed by road-roller, cops hunt for driver
The victim was identified as R. Rukmani, of Kottimangalam village in Kancheepuram district.
Chennai: A 29-year-old woman was run over by a road-roller near Chengalpet on Thursday night.
The victim was identified as R. Rukmani, of Kottimangalam village in Kancheepuram district.
On Thursday evening, she was riding pillion with her husband Ranganathan on a motorcycle when the incident happened, police sources said.
The couple were riding towards Chengalpet from Kottimangalam.
Since road-laying works were underway near Nemmeli, Ranganathan chose to ride his bike along the side of the road when he lost control.
The couple suffered a fall. While the man fell to his right, the woman fell to her left and in the process came under the wheels of a road-roller engaged in road-laying works there.
She was crushed to death on the spot, police said.
Chengalpet taluk police registered a case and moved the woman’s body to the government general hospital for autopsy. Hunt is on for the driver of the road-roller vehicle, police said.