Elderly man hit by share auto dies in Vadapalani; drunk driver arrested

Representational image | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto A a 63-year-old man was fatally knocked down by a speeding autorickshaw at Vadapalani in Chennai on Thursday (November 5, 2026). A senior official of the Greater Chennai Traffic Police said Saukkarraj was a resident of Vadapalani and was walking along the road near Kamala Theatre on Arcot Road at Vadapalani. A share auto-rickshaw which was proceeding toward Porur lost control and dashed into him. In the impact, the senior citizen was thrown onto a compound wall and sustained severe head injury. He died on the spot. The Pondy Bazaar Traffic Investigation police, on being alerted, sent the body of Saukkarraj to the ESI Hospital in K.K. Nagar for post-mortem. They also arrested Anbarasan, a native of Ariyalur district, who caused the accident by driving under the influence of alcohol.In another incident, a 38-year-old woman was killed after a truck collided with the motorcycle in which she was travelling and killed near the Porur Toll plaza on Wednesday (November 4) night. A senior official of the Avadi Police commissionerate said Muthusamy was a resident of Alapakkam in Maduravoyal, and was operating a scrap metal shop. On Wednesday, he and his wife Peratchi were returning home on a motorcycle on the Maduravoyal bypass road after attending a function in Tambaram. As the vehicle neared the Porur toll plaza, a lorry loaded with gravel stones hit the two-wheeler during which both Muthusamy and Peratchi, who was riding pillion, were thrown off the vehicle. While Muthusamy escaped with minor injuries, his wife Peratchi was caught under the wheels of the speeding truck and killed on the spot. A police team from the Maduravoyal Traffic Investigation police recovered the body of Peratchi and sent it to the Government Kilpauk Medical college Hospital for post-mortem. The police also arrested the truck driver, Vignesh, a native of Villupuram district, for causing the accident. Published - November 05, 2026 05:34 pm IST