Helmetless driving claims 5 lives in a week

According to police, 20-year-old Mohanraj, who used to work as an apprentice in a private company in Maraimalai Nagar, was hit by a lorry while on his way on a bike to meet one of his friend’s uncle in Chennai Airport on March 9. The incident happened at around 1 am and investigation showed that he had a helmet on the bike, but did not wear it. 

In another accident on the same day, Prabhakaran, (33), a resident of Chitalapakkam was riding on the Tirumudivakkam - Thiruneermalai road around 9.30 am but was killed after his bike was hit by a truck. 

On March 2 Jayaseelan (60), a retiree from Nammalwarpet off his two-wheeler around 7.30 am on EVR. Road, near Nehru Park. He sustained head injuries and on March 8 succumbed to it. He too gave the helmet a miss, said the police. 

In the third accident, 32-year-old Murugan, a resident of Tambaram, died on March 9 after he and his father suffered injuries while travelling on a bike on GST Road on March 5. Their bike collided with a bus near Perungalthur. Murugan was not wearing a helmet and had hurt his head. 

Again on March 6, Vijaya Kumar, 24, a helmetless rider and a maintenance staff in Chennai Airport lost control of his bike and hit a road median in Nazarathpet on the Chennai - Bengaluru highway. He died of his injuries on March 9.