Migrant Worker Critically Injured After Government Bus Hits Him on Avinashi Road

Coimbatore: A 23-year-old migrant worker from Chhattisgarh, Mukil Kumar Barha, is undergoing intensive treatment at Coimbatore Medical College Hospital after sustaining severe head and chest injuries when a government bus hit him while he was crossing Avinashi Road near RG Pudur on the outskirts of Coimbatore.

Mukil Kumar Barha hails from Jatamuda village in Mahasamund district, Chhattisgarh. He and his friend, also from the same native village, had come to Coimbatore for work and were staying in the RG Pudur area.

The incident occurred when Mukil Kumar Barha was crossing Avinashi Road near a shop at RG Pudur Town. According to police, a government bus operated by the State Express Transport Corporation (SETC), travelling from Tiruppur towards Coimbatore Central Bus Stand, hit him. The bus was allegedly driven at high speed and negligently by Kannan, 51.

The impact threw Mukil Kumar Barha several metres away, leaving him with severe internal injuries and fractures to the back of his head and the right side of his chest. He was rescued by his friend and members of the public and rushed by a 108 ambulance to the ICU at Coimbatore Medical College Hospital, where he is undergoing intensive treatment.

Based on a complaint lodged by his friend, the East Traffic Investigation Police have registered a case against the bus driver, Kannan, a native of Edappadi in Salem district, and are investigating.