CHENNAI: A portion of the Poonamallee High Road in front of Puratchi Thalaivar Dr MGR Central Railway Station in Chennai caved in when a loaded truck was passing over an under construction pedestrian subway on Sunday night.
No casualty was reported.
The pedestrian subway to link the Central Railway station with Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital is being constructed by Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL).
The truck was proceeding towards Vepery from Chennai Port around 11.20pm when the trailer portion of the vehicle suddenly sank into the road. The truck was carrying four iron sheet rolls, totally weighing more than 90 tonne.
A large portion of the road caved in exposing about 20 feet of pit excavated for the construction of the pedestrian subway. CMRL had put up steel decking over the excavated site to cover the pit and for smooth flow of traffic above.
The driver and the cleaner managed to come out of the cabin. The driver, who suffered injuries, was sent to GH.
Traffic was diverted to close the sunken area of the road. CMRL officials said work would be completed by Monday afternoon.