wo women died and 27 others were injured when a tractor trailer carrying them to a funeral toppled near Tiruttani,on Thursday.
Police said the coupling connecting the trailer and the tractor broke loose at Chinna Kadambur Mottur village at around 10.30 am.The tractor,which was travelling at 50kmph continued ahead while the trailer ran towards the road side and toppled.The occupants sitting on the trailer were thrown out.M Valliammal (40) and P Sundari (50) of Nediyam village near Pallipattu,about 40km from Chennai,were caught under the trailer.They were later declared dead on arrival at the government hospital in Tiruttani.
The tractor driver,after informing other villagers,fled the scene.Soon,passing motorists and local residents gathered at the spot and helped the victims.Police were alerted.
On receiving the information,Tiruttani police teams went to the scene and sent the injured villagers to the government hospital in Tiruttani.
Following the accident,traffic was disrupted on the busy Tiruttani-Chennai Highway.It resumed after the intervention of police.Tiruttani assistant superintendent of police S Vijayakumar said,The tractor driver failed to notice that the coupling connecting the tractor and the trailer had worn out.
Police said a group of residents of Nediyam village were going to attend the funeral of a relative at Sohanur village near Tiruttani when the accident occurred.
The Tiruttani police registered a case under Section 304 (a) (death caused due to negligence) of the Indian Penal Code and have launched a search for the tractor driver.
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