27 year old techie killed while overtaking bus in Chennai

CHENNAI: A 27-year-old software engineer, M Mathiazhagan, was crushed by a Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) bus near Tambaram when he attempted to overtake the bus on his high-end motorcycle on Friday night.

Police said Mathiazhagan, a native of Trichy, was residing in Guduvancherry and worked for a software firm in Chennai.

On Friday night, as he was returning from work, he attempted to overtake a Chennai-Puducherry TNSTC bus near the Irumbuliyur signal. Police said Mathiazhagan moved too close to the front wheels of the bus resulting in his motorcycle getting trapped under the rear wheels of the bus, killing him instantly.

The Chromepet Traffic Investigation Wing sent his body to Chromepet Govt Hospital for postmortem.