Young athlete killed in road accident in Chennai

A 19-year-old sportsman, who was going to a freshers’ party organised by his friends in Manapakkam, was killed when he was hit by a private school bus on Mount Poonamallee Road on Tuesday, June 25, 2024.

The Traffic Investigation Division of the St. Thomas Mount Police has filed a report and is searching for the fleeing driver of the school bus.

According to traffic police, P. Nidhipadhi Pandian was a state-level sportsperson and a resident of Bhajanai Koil Street in Nandambakkam. He was in his first year at a private college in Nungambakkam. His friends had organised a fresher’s party and Pandian was travelling on his two-wheeler on Mount Poonamallee Road when a private school bus hit him from behind. As he fell, the driver ran him over without stopping and killed him on the spot.

The driver feared for his life, left the bus and fled the scene of the accident.

Police sent the body to the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital for an autopsy and are now searching for the driver using CCTV footage from near the accident site.