CHENNAI: A bank official was fatally knocked down by a drunk car driver on General Patters Road at Royapettah during the early hours of Thursday. The incident, recorded in CCTV at 12.40 am, showed a bunch of youth walking on the roadside and a two-wheeler ramming into one of them from behind. In a bid to avoid ramming the two-wheeler, the drunk car driver took a left and collided with another bike that was coming from the wrong side.
The deceased has been identified as Mohammad Abdul Kaiyum of Royapettah, who works in a private bank. Police said, the youth had a narrow escape.”Abdul, who was not wearing a helmet, sustained severe head injuries and was rushed to the hospital where he was declared brought dead,” said a police officer.
Residents and passersby nabbed the car driver, identified as Vijayakumar, who was handed over to the police. Two other occupants- Saravanan and Dileep Kumar, managed to escape. Anna Square traffic investigation wing registered a case and arrested Vijayakumar, who has been remanded to judicial custody by a magistrate court. Further investigations are on.
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Abdul, who was not wearing a helmet, sustained severe head injuries and was rushed to the hospital where he was declared brought dead,” said a police officer. Anna Square traffic investigation wing registered a case and arrested Vijayakumar, who has been remanded to judicial custody by a magistrate court.