Chennai: In a tragic incident, a 30-year-old man was electrocuted when he rushed to alert a truck driver after the truck brushed dangerously against a transformer near Gummidipoondi on the outskirts of the city on Monday. The deceased has been identified as Subburaj (35), also a truck driver from Tuticorin.
Police said that the truck loaded with iron roads had come to a scrap melting unit in Kavarapet. The truck was driven by 51-year-old man, Samson.
While parking the vehicle, Samson miscalculated the distance of the transformer and drove dangerously close to it.
Subburaj who was watching the scenes unfolding realised the imminent danger the truck driver was in and rushed with the intent to help him, police said. “However, he was not aware that the truck driver, Samson had already jumped out of the vehicle,” a police officer said.
Subburaj kept banging on the back of the vehicle and ran up front to alert the driver when he got electrocuted. Electricity from a high-tension wire spread through the iron body of the vehicle, police said. He was thrown several feet away in the impact.
Passerby rushed the man to the Ponneri Government Hospital where he was declared brought dead. Kavarapet Police registered a case and are investigating.
