5 injured in accident involving MTC bus on ICF Road

CHENNAI: At least five passengers, including four women, travelling in an MTC bus suffered injuries after the bus ran amok and climbed onto a central median near ICF on Wednesday. Police investigations revealed that the bus driver, Devaraj had swerved the bus to avoid hitting an auto rickshaw, leading to the accident at 11 am. The MTC bus (route no.35), from Broadway to Korattur, had about 20 passengers in the bus, police said. In the impact, the front wheels of the bus broke off from the axle and the front portion of the bus was seated atop the median. The passerby rescued the passengers stuck inside the bus by breaking the rear windshield and the injured passengers were moved to Kilpauk Medical College (KMC) hospital for treatment. Thirumangalam traffic investigation wing police registered a case against the bus driver Devaraj of Gandhi Nagar near New Avadi Road under Sections 337 (causes hurt to any person by doing any act so rashly or negligently as to endanger human life) and 279 (rash driving) of IPC. Traffic was affected in the stretch for half an hour.