In the Tirupathur district of Tamil Nadu, three boys were killed on their way to school on Tuesday when a car ran them over. The car’s driver has been taken into custody. Under-13-year-olds Vijay, Rafique, and Suriya were struck by a Vehicle while cycling in the service lane next to the motorway.
The car’s driver, a college student, was returning from a vacation with his buddies to Yelagiri hill when he lost control and drove onto the service lane close to Vaniyambadi. According to senior police officer M S Muthusamy, the driver has been accused of reckless and negligent driving causing death.
The driver was not intoxicated. M K Stalin, the chief minister of Tamil Nadu, expressed sympathy for the terrible deaths of the students and provided a 2 lakh rupee compensation for their families.
