CHENNAI: A class III boy, who was being taken by his mother on a scooter to attend his annual exams, was killed on Thursday when a private bus hit the scooter while both the vehicles were taking a sharp turn at Velachery. The woman sustained minor injuries.
Police said the boy Yathrieswara Sai (8), who was on the pillion, fell on the road and suffered a head injury, as the bus brushed past the scooter. He died on the way to hospital.
Arthi, who is residing at Sathasivan Nagar at Madipakkam, was taking the boy to St Patrick’s Anglo-Indian Higher Secondary School at Adyar around 8.30 am, when the accident took place.
The bus was carrying IT employees to Navalur. “To reach the Velachery bridge, the vehicles coming from Madipakkam road have to take a left turn at Kaiveli junction. The bus and the scooter were simultaneously taking the turn when the left side of the bus scraped the scooter, throwing the woman and child on to the road,” said an officer with the Traffic Investigating Wing (St Thomas Mount).
Police have booked the bus driver Muthu for negligent driving. Both the boy and the mother were not wearing helmets, police said.