Chennai: Driver asphyxiated sleeping in car with air conditioning turned on

Chennai: A taxi driver in the city was asphyxiated after sleeping in his car with the air conditioning turned on.

The incident occurred on Thursday night when Prabhu, 36, from Vedachandur in Dindigul had parked his car on a street in Srinivasapuram in Pammal, closed the windows, turned the AC and gone to sleep at around midnight on wednesday.

At around 5 am, residents grew suspicious and informed the police.

The Shankar Nagar police, who rushed to the spot knocked to no response from Prabhu. They then resorted to breaking a window open to see him lying motionless surrounded by alcohol bottles.

They rushed Prabhu to the Chromepet GH and were informed that he died of suffocation. Prabhu’s family in Dindigul was informes amd will reach Chennai on Thursday.

Meanwhile, police sources say that Prabhu had been seperated from his wife Sukanya a while ago. He had been living in Kamarajapuram, Anakaputhur in Pallavaram, they said.