Chennai: Drunk driver crashes into car, killing pregnant woman and her father
Padmanabhan and his wife had recently traveled to Chennai from Madurai to host Deepika's traditional baby shower ceremony (Valaikappu)
Deepika, Representative Image
CHENNAI: With only a couple of months away from delivering her child, a pregnant woman and her father were killed by a reckless drunk man driving on the wrong side of the road in Anakaputhur in the late hours of Monday.
Deepika (23), a native of Madurai, had moved to Santhoshapuram two years ago after her marriage to Nithish. Deepika's parents, Indrani (51) and Padmanabhan (60), were in the city to attend a relative's birthday party and to take their daughter back home as she was in her last trimester. The family had recently celebrated her baby shower as well.
In the late hours of Monday, Deepika and her parents began their journey to Madurai straight from the function.
When their car was travelling on the Maduravoyal-Tambaram bypass road, another car appeared out of the blue towards them in the wrong direction and both vehicles collided head-on near Anakaputhur, causing substantial damage.
Deepika and Padmanabhan died immediately on the collision's impact, and Indrani sustained severe injuries and was rushed to the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital for treatment.
According to the police, the accident was caused by Manikandan, who had been under the influence of alcohol and driving on the wrong side of the road. Manikandan has been arrested, and an investigation is under way.
