Chennai, Nov 9
A moped rider was killed in Tamil Nadu’s Salem district on Saturday after the moped he was riding collided with a bus, which was carrying 30 passengers.
An official identified the victim as P. Periyasamy (60), a resident of Veerapandiyar Nagar near Chinnagoundanur in Salem district.
He said that all 30 passengers of the bus escaped unhurt which was travelling from Coimbatore to Chennai.
He added that the bus also caught fire due to the leakage in the fuel tank. “Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services personnel extinguished the fire within a limited time but the bus could not be saved and was fully gutted,” he said.
He said that the deceased was working as a security guard at a truck workshop in a locality in Salem. “We have also sent the body to Salem Government Hospital for a postmortem examination and registered a case,” he said.