Two pedestrians, a man and a woman, were killed after a car mowed them down at Villivakkam in Chennai on Friday morning. The incident that has been captured on CCTV took place at 7.10 am on the Padi Flyover service lane in Villivakkam.
The shocking visuals show a red Innova car dangerously swerving into the lane and knocking down one individual near its entrance. Another woman is knocked over and dragged along while people and dogs in the area run towards the car that drives out of CCTV’s range.
Speaking to TNM, an official from Villivakkam Traffic Station says that a call was immediately made to the control room by those in the area who had stopped the car and surrounded the driver.
“The driver seems to be in an inebriated condition, medicals tests will be made to confirm it. He was beaten up by people before he was taken over by the police. Since he is not in his senses, we are waiting to begin investigations. We will know more details soon,” he says.
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Shocking CCTV footage of a car mowing down two pedestrians and crashing under the car emerges from Villavakkam, Chennai.
— Mugilan Chandrakumar (@Mugilan__C) May 3, 2019
2 including an old man and women were crashed under Innova car driven amok by a driver in inebriated state.Driver booked under 3 sections and investigation on. pic.twitter.com/OjoEvmdjZB
A case has been registered under IPC 304(a) for culpable homicide and details on the deceased is being collected. In addition to two loss of lives, the police say that another woman suffered injuries to her leg.
As per National Crime Records Bureau’s (NCRB) 2015 report, 93 deaths and 568 injuries due to driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs have been reported from Chennai.
Moreover, Tamil Nadu also leads in road accident fatalities. About 13% deaths due to accidents were reported in the state in 2015. There were 17,376 deaths due to accidents most of them involving two-wheelers, and it also includes accidents due to trucks, buses and SUVs. Chennai constituted 9.3% of the total road accidents in the country, which accounts for 7,328 out of 78,500 cases, reported TNIE.
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