A 50-year-old woman riding pillion on a motorcycle driven by her husband was killed after a speeding water tanker ran over her in Valasaravakkam on Tuesday. Her husband escaped with minor injuries.
The police said Sivakumar, 55, of Ganga Nagar in Maduravoyal, was riding the motorcycle, with his wife, Nirmala, 50, on the pillion. When they were on Arcot Road in Valasaravakkam, a speeding water tanker rammed their motorcycle, throwing both of them off the vehicle.
Nirmala fell under the tanker’s wheels and was run over, while Sivakumar sustained minor injuries. The driver abandoned the vehicle and fled. Personnel from the Maduravoyal Traffic Investigation Police reached the spot and began an investigation. The police are searching for the driver.
Published - October 27, 2026 08:19 pm IST