TIRUCHY: The college student from Tiruchy who followed TVK president Vijay’s vehicle to Thanjavur and met with an accident died despite treatment on Monday.

On March 4, TVK president Vijay came to Thanjavur to meet the party functionaries from Tiruchy airport, and the enthusiastic fans followed him from Tiruchy to the meeting venue.

Among them, Vignesh (19), a college student from Kalkandar Kottai in Tiruchy, along with his friend Haroon (20), followed the vehicle of Vijay on a two-wheeler. As they neared the bike hit the centre median, and Vignesh sustained severe head injury.

He was rushed to a private hospital in Thanjavur, where he was undergoing treatment. Sengipatti police registered a case and were investigating.