The victim was returning home on a two-wheeler after attending a temple festival when the accident occurred near Kattankulathur.
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A fatal traffic accident occurred on the Trichy-Chennai National Highway involving a vehicle associated with a state minister.
Victim-Iraiyanbu, a resident of Kattankulathur in Chengalpattu district.
CHENNAI: A 28-year-old man was killed after a car belonging to Tamil Nadu Social Welfare Minister Jagadeeswari hit his two-wheeler on the Trichy-Chennai National Highway near Kattankulathur around 12.30am on Monday. Police arrested the car driver and registered a case of rash and negligent driving.
Iraiyanbu, a resident of Kattankulathur in Chengalpattu district, was returning home on a Honda Dio after attending a temple festival. Police said he was crossing the highway near Kattankulathur junction when the Maruti Ertiga hit his two-wheeler. He was thrown off the vehicle and died at the spot.
The car was registered in the minister’s name. Jagadeeswari, who was travelling from Virudhunagar to Chennai in her official vehicle to attend the Assembly session on Monday, was travelling ahead of the Ertiga. Her relatives were travelling in the private car, which was following the minister’s convoy. Personnel in the escort vehicle alerted the traffic police and arranged for the victim’s body to be shifted.
The Guduvanchery Traffic Investigation Wing police sent the body to Chengalpattu District Government Hospital for postmortem. Police seized the Ertiga and arrested its driver, Chinna Agni, 28, of Madurai. A case was registered against him under sections relating to rash and negligent driving on a public road and causing death by negligence. Police were questioning him and examining CCTV footage and other evidence to establish how the accident occurred.
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