Two women were killed in separate road crashes involving buses near Puzhal and Nazarethpet on Wednesday, with traffic investigation units arresting the drivers in both cases, according to a report by DT Next.
In the first incident, 49-year-old K Savithri, a resident of Sholavaram, was travelling with her husband Kumar to a hospital for a health check-up when their two-wheeler was hit near Kathirvedu, close to Puzhal. Police said the couple was travelling when a Metropolitan Transport Corporation bus on route 242, operating from Red Hills towards Perambur, knocked down their vehicle.
Both Savithri and Kumar were thrown off the two-wheeler in the collision. Savithri came under the rear wheel of the bus, the report said. A passerby alerted the authorities, after which a team moved the couple to a hospital. Savithri was declared brought dead at the hospital.
The Madhavaram Traffic Investigation Wing registered a case and arrested the bus driver, identified as 55-year-old Ramanujam of Gummidipoondi. The report described the bus as being driven rashly, while the police investigation will determine the circumstances of the crash and the applicable charges.
A second fatal crash was reported near Nazarethpet. Nithyasri, 34, an employee of a private engineering company in Poonamallee, was riding a moped when a private factory bus hit her. She suffered fatal head injuries after the bus ran over her, according to the report.
The Avadi Traffic Investigation Wing arrested the private bus driver, identified as 54-year-old Shankar. He was subsequently remanded in judicial custody on Thursday. The report did not provide further details on the road conditions, the precise sequence of events or the status of the investigation in the Nazarethpet case.
The two cases involve different operators and locations but place bus movements and two-wheeler safety at the centre of the police response. The first crash involved an MTC service operating on a route between Red Hills and Perambur, while the second involved a private factory bus serving an industrial employment corridor around Poonamallee.
Both incidents also resulted in arrests by traffic investigation units responsible for the respective areas. The arrests mark the immediate police action reported in the cases; the supplied report does not state whether further findings, such as vehicle inspections, witness accounts or traffic-camera evidence, have been released.
The reported deaths underline the severe consequences of collisions between large buses and two-wheelers, particularly when riders or passengers fall into the path of a bus. In Savithri’s case, the crash occurred while the couple was travelling for a medical appointment. In Nithyasri’s case, the fatal injuries were sustained during a journey involving a private factory bus.
The Madhavaram and Avadi Traffic Investigation Wings are handling the two cases. The reported next steps are the continuation of the criminal and traffic investigations following the arrests, with the private-bus driver already placed in judicial custody.
