Chennai techie, 22, mowed down by truck while trying to avoid pothole

Mangalore Today News Network

Chennai, Jan 04, 2023: A 22-year-old techie was mowed down by a truck after she fell from her vehicle while trying to avoid a pothole on the road near Chennai. The incident occurred near Maduravoyal and police arrested the truck driver, Mohan, who fled from the scene.

 

The victim, identified as Shobhana, was working as an engineer with Zoho, a private company. She was on her way to drop her brother off at school on Tuesday for his NEET coaching class.

While crossing a terrible stretch of road in Maduravoyal covered with potholes, she slipped, and both the commuters fell from the two-wheeler. A truck carrying m-sand, which was plying behind her, couldn’t stop on time. Tragically, the truck ran over her, killing Shobana on the spot while her brother had a miraculous escape.

 

One of our engineers, Ms. Shobana died tragically when her scooter skidded in the heavily potholed roads near Maduravoyal in Chennai. She was taking her younger brother to school.

Our bad roads have caused a
tragic loss to her family and Zoho. https://t.co/8XAycPhIsk pic.twitter.com/JlX5roD6DS

— Sridhar Vembu (@svembu) January 3, 2023

Poonamallee police reached the spot, retrieved Shobana’s body and transported it to Porur Government hospital for autopsy. Officials also arrested the truck driver, Mohan, who went absconding from the accident spot. Sridhar Vembu, the CEO of Zoho, took to Twitter and blamed the bad roads as the reason for Shobana’s death.

“One of our engineers, Ma Shobana’s died tragically when her scooter skidded in the heavily potholed roads near Maduravoyal in Chennai. She was taking her younger brother to school. Our bad roads have caused a traffic loss to get family and Zoho”, tweeted Sridhar Vembu.

After commuters raised concerns over the bad state of the road, authorities brought in sand and debris, filled the potholes and levelled it with a road mover within an hour’s time.

Courtesy: India Today