
Two women killed after truck knocks them down in Kancheepuram
The Hindu
The women were on a two-wheeler on the Chennai-Bengaluru Highway, when they were hit by a truck from behind, police said
Two women riding on a two-wheeler on the Chennai-Bengaluru Highway were killed, when a commercial truck hit them on Saturday morning. The women were killed on the spot. They were not wearing helmets.
A senior police official of the Kancheepuram district said B. Sangeetha (26) of Nagalathumedu village along with her friend Nilaveni (33) were proceeding to their home after visiting a new home that Sangeetha had rented, on a two-wheeler on the Chennai-Bengaluru Highway near Karapettai, when a commercial truck transporting household goods hit them from behind. Both the victims died on the spot.

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