Driver gets two years in jail for mowing down four in 2009

Coimbatore: A truck driver was sentenced to two years imprisonment on Monday for causing an accident that claimed four lives 12 years ago.
Jayapal, 33, of Ganapathy had lost control over the truck, which mowed down four people waiting at a bus stop at Kannappa Nagar in August, 2009. Police identified the victims as Ponnusamy, 38, Vijaya, 37, Sudalaimuthu, 75 and one-and-a-half-year-old Gayathri.
The traffic investigation wing (TIW-west) of the city police registered a case against Jayapal and arrested him. Preliminary inquiry revealed that he had an altercation with truck owner Sasikumar over mobile phone and failed to focus on driving, causing the accident. Police filed a chargesheet against Jayapal.
The trial was held at the special court for bomb blast cases in Coimbatore city. The court acquitted Sasikumar from the crime.