A 23-year-old software engineer was killed in Chennai on Thursday after an illegal hoarding fell on her, following which she was hit by a water tanker.
The woman was rushed to a hospital, where she was declared brought dead. The deceased has been identified as Subashree who worked at an IT company.
She was on her two-wheeler on the Pallavaram-Thoraipakkam Radial Road when an unauthorised life-size hoarding knocked her down. The woman, who was her way back home from her office, was wearing a helmet at the time of the accident, eyewitnesses said.
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The hoardings, which had pictures of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E Palanisamy, his deputy O Panneerselvam and former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, were put on the median by a local leader of the ruling AIADMK.
The illegal hoarding was reportedly erected as part of wedding celebrations of the AIADMK functionary’s son on the Pallavaram-Thoraipakam radial road.
“The hoardings are unauthorised. We are taking action against those who put them up,” C Maheswari, Joint Commissioner of Police of Chennai South region, told NDTV.
The driver of the tanker has been arrested. The Chennai civic body has sealed the shop which had printed the hoarding for the AIADMK functionary.