Date:20/12/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/12/20/stories/2007122054870600.htm

Tamil Nadu

Dangling cable proves fatal for 2 students

Staff Reporter

They were thrown off two-wheeler and run over by a van

Photo: S.S. Kumar

KILLER CABLE: This cable roll was dangling on the EVR Salai, leading to an accident in which two persons riding a two-wheeler were killed on Tuesday—

CHENNAI: A dangling television cable on EVR Salai proved fatal on Tuesday for two engineering students riding a two-wheeler.

The cable, near the office of the Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic), got entangled in the wheels, throwing the rider and pillion rider off the vehicle, who were run over by a milk van coming behind. While the pillion rider Krishnaveni (19), of Arakkonam, died on the spot, K. Naveen (22) of Perambur, the rider, was declared brought dead at the Kilpauk Medical College hospital.

Both were students of an engineering college in Kavaraipettai, near Red Hills.

The police said the rider going towards Chennai Central Station, lost control of the vehicle.

The vehicle went zig zag before the two were thrown off the vehicle. Naveen was wearing a helmet. The Kilpauk (Traffic) police have registered a case and the van driver, Chandrasekar, has been arrested.

Many motorists said that television cable rolls posed considerable risk to two-wheeler riders at many places on E.V.R Salai.

“First fatal incident”

A police officer said it was the first fatal incident of such a nature.