Accordingly, a 42-year-old man was killed and 20 were killed after two tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) buses rammed into each other on tuesday afternoon. In the meantime, the CCTV visuals of the accident, which have since gone viral, showed a motorbike being dragged down by one of the buses before crashing into the other bus.
Furthermore according to the police, the buses were plying between Mettupalayam and Coimbatore. Around 2.45 pm on tuesday, as the buses reached Kuttaiyur, 30 km away from coimbatore, the bus which was going from coimbatore to Mettupalayam bearing registration number TN 38 N2867, another bus with crashed head (TN 38 N2973) coming from the opposite direction. . Apparently the scene of the accident, captured in a CCTV camera near a shop, showed the bus which was heading towards Mettupalayam first mowed down into a two-wheeler, dragged it into some distance and then rammed into the head. the other bus and coming to a halt.
Moreover, the police officer at the Karamadai police station said that the Mettupalayam was trying to overtake the motorbike, when the driver lost control of his vehicle and mowed the bike down. He said “We have registered an FIR under sections 279 (Rash driving or riding in a public way), 337 (Causing injury by act of endangering life or personal safety of others) and 304A (Causing death by negligence) of the IPC against Babu, The driver of the bus from Coimbatore. He has been treated and is receiving treatment at Mettupalayam government Hospital. We will arrest him once the hospital formalities are over ".
