3 Students Travelling on Bus Footboard Crushed to Death by Truck in Tamil Nadu

Chennai: Three students, who were travelling dangerously by standing on the footboard of a private bus, were crushed to death by a truck in Tamil Nadu’s Chengalpattu district.

They met with the accident while travelling on the footboard of a private bus plying on the Trichy-Chennai Highway.

According to eyewitnesses, near Sirukanallur, a container truck came very close to the vehicle, and the three students got crushed between the bus and the truck. All of them died on the spot.

Another student was seriously injured. He has been admitted to a hospital.

Melmaruvathur Police rushed to the spot to seize the bodies scattered on the road for post-mortem. The police have initiated an investigation.