Coimbatore: Man killed as truck runs over him near Karamadai

COIMBATORE: A 36-year-old man was run over by a truck that knocked him down from his two-wheeler near Karamadai here on Thursday night.
The Karamadai police said the incident occurred when M Anand, a resident of Seeliyur village in their jurisdiction, was heading to a grocery shop from his house on a motorcycle.
“When he reached Seeliyur bus stop on Karamadai-Tholampalayam road, a truck laden with coconuts hit the motorcycle. Anand fell on the road and was crushed under the wheels of the truck. When the truck driver tried to apply brakes, the vehicle overturned, scattering the coconuts on the road,” a police officer said.
The villagers rushed Anand to the government hospital at Mettupalayam, where doctors declared him brought dead. Following this, his family members and relatives staged a road roko on Tholampalayam Road.
Karamadai police inspector Kumar and team, however, managed to pacify them. “We have picked up the truck driver for inquiry and taken the truck to police station,” the officer said.
The Karamadai police have registered a case against the truck driver and further investigation is on.
Anand’s body was, meanwhile, handed over to his family members after postmortem on Friday. He is survived by wife Rubina, 10-year-old daughter Nithika Sree and four-year-old son Nishvanth.