Car rams into women herding cattle in Tamil Nadu, five killed

Five women were killed in Tamil Nadu's Chengalpattu district when a speeding car rammed into them while they were herding cattle by the roadside. Relatives of the victims caught the driver, attacked him, and blocked the road in protest, while police assured an investigation.

In Short

• Speeding car rammed and killed five women in Thirupporur, Chengalpattu
• Women were herding cattle when the car hit them on the roadside
• Relatives caught driver, attacked him, and blocked the road in protest

Five women were killed in Chengalpattu's Thirupporur area in Tamil Nadu when a speeding car rammed into them while they were herding cattle along the roadside. The women, identified as Gowri, Anand, Vijaya, Logammal, and Yashoda, were thrown several feet away upon impact, resulting in their deaths.

Relatives of the victims, upon hearing about the incident, rushed to the scene. In anger, they caught the driver, attacked him, and blocked the road, demanding justice. Police arrived and assured the crowd that an investigation would be conducted, urging them to disperse.

Chief Minister MK Stalin has expressed his condolences to the family and has announced an compensation of Rs 2 lakh to the grieving families.

This incident follows another fatal road accident near Idayarvalasai on November 23, 2024. Three people, Shanmugasundaram, 45, Deepak Arvind, 26, and Nagaraj, 36, were killed when their private car lost control, struck a culvert, and overturned. Karthikeyan, 33, who was also in the car, sustained injuries and is currently undergoing treatment.

Last week, a video journalist named Pradeep Kumar was killed last week in Chennai after a speeding BMW car hit his motorcycle on the Maduravoyal-Tambaram elevated bypass. Kumar, a cameraperson for a popular Telugu news channel and part-time Rapido driver, was fatally injured in the accident.

Initial investigations revealed that the vehicle was registered under Madras Concrete Products, a company owned by one Saravanan in Kundrathur. While the police initially identified the driver as Murali, Selvakumar later surrendered and admitted to being behind the wheel at the time of the crash.

Following his surrender, Selvakumar was arrested two days after the accident on charges under Sections 106 (Causing Death by Negligence) and 281 (Rash Driving or Riding on a Public Way) of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita.