A construction worker, who was regulating traffic for the works of the elevated corridor on Avinashi Road in Coimbatore, was killed after a sedan driven by a class XII student knocked him down early on Wednesday, July 17, 2024.
While the minor boy was rescued by other construction workers, the car was gutted after it rammed the median and caught fire.
The police said the accident occurred opposite the Federal Bank branch at Peelamedu. Akshay Bohra (23), who hailed from Jamboni village in Jhargram district in West Bengal, died in the accident.
According to the Traffic Investigation Wing (TIW), the 17-year-old boy, a resident of Mahalakshmi Kovil Street at Sowripalayam, took his car out and was driving towards Hope College. early on Wednesday. The accident occurred around 12:45 a.m. near pillar number 136, across from the Federal Bank branch, as he was driving toward Hope College
The police said that at around 12.45 a.m., the car hit Bohra, who was regulating traffic for construction works as safety labourer, when the youth tried to overtake a taxi. Bohra was thrown towards pillar 136 for about 10 feet and died on the spot. The car then rammed concrete blocks of the median, before coming to a halt.
The car then caught fire, with the boy trapped inside. He was rescued by other construction workers and survived with minor injuries. Fire service personnel from Peelamedu arrived at the spot and doused the flames. The Peelamedu police shifted the body of the deceased worker to the Government Medical College and ESI hospital.
The TIW registered a case against the student, his father Mohanraj and his grandfather, who owned the car, for offences under Sections 281 (rash driving or riding on a public way) and 106 (1) (causing death by negligence) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and 199 A (offences by juveniles) of the Motor Vehicles Act, based on a complaint lodged by the safety engineer of the construction firm.
