Chennai: A 35-year-old man riding a bike was crushed to death by a fully-loaded water tanker on Monday morning. Police collected CCTV camera footage showing the man coming under the tanker's wheels after his two-wheeler skidded. The shocking CCTV footage had gone viral on the social media.
Police said that the deceased has been identified as Prabhu (35) and a case of causing death due to negligence and dangerous driving has been registered against the truck driver who absconded after the accident. Prabhu, a resident of Kanagapattu, Thiruporur, and a government bus driver was on his way to Thiruvanmiyur bus terminus on his two-wheeler on Monday morning. At around 6 am, when he was riding on OMR near Padur, a man on a bicycle came onto his path, after which his bike skidded and he fell on the road. A water tanker going by crushed his body.
The driver of the tanker, which was carrying water to OMR failed to notice his fall. After hearing other motorists raise an alarm, he fled the spot without stopping the vehicle. Passersby who witnessed the accident informed police.
Personnel from the Kelambakkam station took Prabu's body to Chengalpattu government hospital for post-mortem. Based on CCTV footage, a launch has been initiated by police.
On Tuesday, police released the CCTV footage of the accident and this went viral on social media.
