CHENNAI: A newly-married couple were killed in a road accident in Tiruvallur district after a concrete mixer fell on their car on Sunday night.
The deceased were identified as Manoj Kumar (31) from Arakkonam and Karthika (30) from Perungalathur.
While Manoj Kumar was a medical representative, Karthika was a doctor in a private clinic. The couple married four days ago on October 28.
“On Sunday, the couple had gone to Karthika’s house and were returning to Arakkonam by car. The vehicle was plying on the Poonamallee-Arakkonam highway near Kadambathur at around 9.45 pm.
When the driver of a concrete mixer truck plying on the opposite side, lost control of the vehicle while negotiating a turn,” said Elango, Sub Inspector of Police.
The concrete mixer fell on the car, crushing the couple. When the truck was removed after two hours, the ambulance crew declared the couple dead.
Mappedu police registered a case and sent their bodies to Tiruvallur GH. The truck driver has escaped and a search is on.
A concrete mixer truck overturned and crushed the car
The couple was returning home from Chennai in a car when a concrete mixer truck overturned and crushed the car and the couple in it. The truck driver fled the spot.
Traffic was also hit, with vehicles lined up on the road for more than a kilometre, a police official said.
On information, Mappedu police rushed to the spot and removed the truck after two hours, but the couple had already succumbed by then.
Police have registered a case and have launched a hunt for the truck driver, who fled the spot after the accident.
As their bodies could not be removed, the car’s frame had to be removed to take out the bodies, which were sent to Tiruvallur government hospital for post-mortem examination.