Mother, son killed as bike rams into lorry in Porur
The lorry driver had parked the lorry on the roadside and slept off.
Chennai: A woman and her son who were riding on a motorcycle died in a road accident after they rammed their vehicle into a stalled lorry in Porur on the wee hours of Friday.
The residents of Otteri, Jamuna (47) and her son, Kamesh (19) who is pursuing first year engineering in a private college in Avadi were travelling on their two-wheeler to a relative’s house in Vedanthangal.
The police told, “At around 7 am, when they were near the Porur flyover on the Chennai bypass road, Kamesh who was driving the two-wheeler rammed into a lorry carrying iron scraps. The lorry driver had parked the lorry on the roadside and slept off. Kamesh had failed to notice that the vehicle was halted and rammed into it. The duos were not wearing helmets and suffered heavy bleeding”
On information, the Poonamallee traffic investigation police rushed to the spot and sent Jamuna and Kamesh to the Kilpauk Medical hospital and were declared brought dead on arrival.
The lorry driver Rajasekar (37) was arrested for violating the traffic and parking the lorry on the roadside.
The Poonamallee traffic investigation police registered a case and further investigation is on.