Tirunelveli(Tamil Nadu): Four persons including two girls died on the spot when the bike they were riding in collided head-on with a diesel tanker on the Thachanallur Bypass railway flyover in Tirunelveli.
The deceased — Kannan (45), his daughters Mariswari (12) and Sameera (7) and his father-in-law Andal (65) — hail from Rajapati area near Gangaikondan, of the district.
When the two-wheeler was passing the Ulagamaman temple on bypass, the tanker, coming in the opposite direction from Cheranmahadevi, hit it hard throwing the four on the road who died instantaneously. Police have sent the bodies to Government Medical College Hospital for autopsy.
Tirunelveli City Traffic Police have seized the tanker truck and arrested the truck driver Ganesan who hails from Pattamadai area of the same district. A case has been registered and investigations are being carried out.
Tirunelveli City Police Commissioner Rupesh Kumar Meena inspected the accident site. Later, he met the media and said,
“Around 27 places have been identified as accident-prone zones in Tirunelveli. Steps are being taken to prevent accidents in those areas. The number of deaths in accidents has decreased by 25 per cent this year compared to last year. The road safety department has to complete the works in the areas where the bypass is being expanded into four lanes,” Tirunelveli City Police Commissioner Rupesh Kumar Meena told the press.
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