Pedestrian knocked down

By Our Special Correspondent

CHENNAI, AUG. 15. A 68-year-old man was fatally knocked down by a motorcyclist on the busy Arcot Road in Valsaravakkam on Monday.

Police identified the victim as Kottyreddy of Ramakrishna Street, Gandhi Nagar in Saligramam. According to the police, the victim was walking along the road when the motocyclist hit him. He was taken to the SRMC hospital where he succumbed to injuries.

The fatal accident has exposed the threat faced by pedestrians because of poor road conditions. Road margins have shrunk along Arcot Road especially in Valsaravakkam area because of encroachments by hawkers and haphazard parking of vehicles.

Pedestrians are forced to walk in the middle of the road and face the threat of being knocked down by fast moving vehicles.

Despite an increase in the number of accidents the authorities have not taken any concrete steps to evict the hawkers and the vehicles parked on the road, residents charged.

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