A private luxury bus carrying around 36 passengers from Chennai to Madurai overturned near Padhur bus stop in Kallakurichi district early Monday, leaving 14 people injured.
The bus had left Chennai around midnight on Sunday. It was being driven by P. Balamurugan (30) of Kakkankaalani in Thiruverumbur, Tiruchi district. Around 5 a.m. on Monday, when the bus was near Padhur bus stop on the outskirts of Ulundurpet, it went off balance and overturned on the left side of the road, reportedly due to the driver’s negligence.
The injured include driver Balamurugan, bus assistant R. Faisal (18) of Tiruchi, G. Aishwarya (18) of Madurai, Akilan (14), G. Muthulakshmi (48), J. Josini (23) of Pudupet in Chennai, A. Hasini (23) of Chromepet, A. Sanjay (22), P. Sailaja (26) of Tambaram, T. Krishnamurthy (39) of Perambalur and K. Rajendran (68) of Madurai, among others.
On receiving information, personnel from the Thirunavalur police and the Ulundurpet Fire and Rescue Services Station rushed to the spot and rescued the injured. All the injured were admitted to the Ulundurpet Government Hospital for treatment.
The Thirunavalur police have registered a case and are conducting an investigation into the accident.
