Chennai: A tragic road accident claimed the lives of two third-year medical students and left two of their classmates injured after their car crashed into a median and overturned near the Karanodai flyover in Tiruvallur district during the early hours of Saturday.
Victims and Incident Details
The deceased were identified as P Amrish, 23, of Madurai, and S Saran, 23, of Dharmapuri. The injured are A Mukesh, 21, and R Aban, 23. All four were students at a private medical college in Manjankaranai near Periyapalayam in Tiruvallur district. They had left for Red Hills late on Friday night to visit a friend and were returning to their residence near Ponneri when the accident occurred around 2:30 am.
Preliminary Investigation
According to police, preliminary investigation revealed that Mukesh, who was driving the car, lost control of the vehicle while approaching the Karanodai flyover. The car crashed into a median and overturned, leaving all four students severely injured. Amrish and Saran died on the spot.
Upon receiving information, police personnel from the Red Hills traffic investigation wing reached the spot and sent the injured students to a hospital. The bodies of the deceased were recovered and sent to Government Stanley Medical College Hospital in Chennai for postmortem examination.
Legal Action
Police have registered a case under Section 106(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and have initiated an investigation into the circumstances leading to the accident.
