Chennai: Two killed, 7 hurt as car falls into pit

Chennai: A 28-year-old-man and his 41-year-old-maternal uncle were killed when the car they were travelling in rolled over into a pit by the roadside pit in North Malayambakkam near Poonamallee on Sunday evening. Seven others, including the driver, had a narrow escape despite the car being considerably damaged.

Sources said the group of friends and relatives from Vaithi Nagar in Poonamallee had gone to a children’s home near an amusement park near Tambaram for lunch on Sunday. The group left the home at around 5 pm after they disbursed educational assistance to the needy children.

When the car was passing by North Malayambakkam, the car driver applied sudden brakes to avoid running over a stray dog that came in the car's path.  In the process, the car rolled over thrice plunging into the roadside pit.

P. Ravi (41), resident of Vaithi Nagar, Poonamallee sustained grievous injuries and died on the spot. His nephew, M. Mohan Kumar (28), also from Vaithi Nagar, was declared dead on arrival by doctors at the government hospital.

The car was being driven by Ravi Kiran, also from the same nieghbourhood. Six others - B. Prabhu (25), M. Saravanan (21), K. Baskar (22), R. Jyanesh (21), M. Tharun Kumar (11) and Santhosh (5) - who were in the car and suffered injuries are being treated at GH. The Poonamallee Traffic Investigation Wing had registered a case.