Krishnagiri: Passengers of a government bus had a narrow escape after the vehicle caught fire after ramming a bike, which had fell on the road after the rider lost control over it, near Burgur here in the early hours of Wednesday. The bike rider had earlier succumbed to his injuries on the spot.
According to the Burgur police, V Parivallal, 30, of Vaniyambadi in Tirupathur district, who was heading to Bengaluru with his friend A Vignesh, 27, of Ambur, had lost control over his bike when they neared Poomalai Nagar near Burgur on Chennai-Bengaluru national highway and fallen down.
“Meanwhile, the government bus that was attached to Villupuram division, reached there and its driver M Ravichandran, 46, rammed the bike without noticing it. The bus dragged the bike for some distance and the two-wheeler’s petrol tank caught fire, which immediately spread to the bus. Fire soon engulfed the bus. The passengers, however, managed to get down from the bus,” a police officer said.
When alerted, fire and rescue services rushed to the spot and put out the fire after an hour’s struggle.
The Burgur police sent Vignesh, who was battling for his life, to the government hospital in Krishnagiri town. His friend’s dead body was also sent to the same hospital for postmortem.
Police have registered a case and initiated an inquiry.