Engg student fatally run over by lorry

Saturday, March 17, 2007, 16:49 [IST]

Chennai, Feb 21 (UNI) A 21-year-old final year engineering college student was fatally run over by a sand lorry at Krishna Nagar on the Tambaram-Mudichur Road near here today.

Police said M Gopinath returning home on his motorcycle after attending a computer class when the mishap occurred.

The lorry driver did not stop the vehicle until he was intercepted by the police with the help of public near suburban Velacherry. However, the driver jumped out of the vehicle and escaped.

The body was removed to the government hospital at Chrompet for post-mortem, police said.

UNI

Topics: ACCIDENT-TN-STUDENT

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