One person died and 11 others were injured in a serial collision involving 10 vehicles at Perandapllai (near the Sanamavu reserve forest area) on Hosur Krishnagiri National Highway in Tamilnadu at around 3.30 pm on Sunday 2024-08-25.
A granite stones loaded truck from Hyderabad was heading from Hosur to Krishnagiri.
The driver, K Karthik (31), a resident of Keeripatty near Attur in Salem district slammed the brakes to avoid rear ending the car in front after it suddenly slowed down. Nevertheless, the truck rammed into the car. Following the sudden collision, six cars, a container truck, and a government bus crashed into the marble-laden truck one after the other.
The deceased has been identified as D Ravi (55), of Jakkarapalli near Krishnagiri. He was the manager in a private school near Hosur. He was seriously injured and died at the Krishnagiri Government Medical College Hospital.
Of the remaining 11, five were taken to a private hospital in Hosur, while three were transferred to NIMHANS hospital in Bengaluru at the patients’ request.
The Hudco police have filed a case against Karthik for causing the accident and have taken him into custody. The traffic on the NH was affected for two hours.
S Velvizhi (65), her son S Bhoopesh Kumar (35), both from Krishnagiri; N Venkatesh (33), C Karthik (26), S Durai (24), R Aravind (30), M Sabari (32), S Mouli (32), all from Coimbatore; H Rafiya (21), B Thanveer Khan (39), and T Mujuman Kousar (24), all from Bengaluru, were injured in the accident.
The Hudco police arrived at the spot and took the injured people to the government hospital in Hosur for medical attention.
The traffic on the NH was affected for over two hours.
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* Mishap And Calamity
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