The State Transport Corporation bus driver, Chitty Babu (52) of Vellore, has been arrested by the Kanchi Taluk police in connection with the road accident that took place at Rajakulam near here on Thursday afternoon.
He was booked under section 304(A) of IPC for rash and negligent driving resulting in the death of 9 passengers and causing injuries to 10 others, including the bus conductor, Gajendran of Vellore. Meanwhile, a sense of exasperation prevailed among the STC bus crew members and the officials as the police decided not to initiate any legal proceedings against the lorry driver, Selvam of Sumaithangi in Vellore district.
They claimed the lorry driver had also committed an offence by parking his vehicle right on the National Highway. “The accident would not have taken place had the lorry been parked on the service lane”, they added.
Preliminary investigations, sources said, had revealed that the lorry driver had parked his vehicle on the carriageway and gone to a nearby agriculture society office to get a seal on the delivery invoice, roughly 10 minutes before the accident took place.
via The Hindu Newspaper http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/article3817580.ece
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