Chennai: A 30-year-old man died and ten others suffered injuries when a Porsche car hit the median on the Dr Radhakrishnan Salai in Chennai and ploughed through autorickshaws parked on the roadside in the early hours of Monday.
Police said V Vikas, a student and a resident of T Nagar, and his friend Charan Kumar were returning home after attending a party thrown by Tuti Patriot, who won the Tamil Nadu Premier League final held at Chepauk on Sunday night. The duo escaped unhurt as the airbags were deployed when the car hit the median at a high speed.
Vikas, who is the son of Supreme Court lawyer Vijay Anand, was driving the car. Vikas and Charan were drunk, police said.
After hitting the median, the car ploughed through autorickshaws parked on the roadside, injuring people who were sleeping in the autos. Auto drivers Arumugam and Varadhan suffered serious injuries and were admitted to Rajiv Gandhi Government Medical College Hospital, where the former succumbed to his injuries. Arumugam was a native of Tiruttani.
Other injured people were sent to Government Royapetah Hospital.
The Adyar traffic investigation wing police registered a case and detained Vikas and Charan.
Police said V Vikas, a student and a resident of T Nagar, and his friend Charan Kumar were returning home after attending a party thrown by Tuti Patriot, who won the Tamil Nadu Premier League final held at Chepauk on Sunday night. The duo escaped unhurt as the airbags were deployed when the car hit the median at a high speed.
Vikas, who is the son of Supreme Court lawyer Vijay Anand, was driving the car. Vikas and Charan were drunk, police said.
After hitting the median, the car ploughed through autorickshaws parked on the roadside, injuring people who were sleeping in the autos. Auto drivers Arumugam and Varadhan suffered serious injuries and were admitted to Rajiv Gandhi Government Medical College Hospital, where the former succumbed to his injuries. Arumugam was a native of Tiruttani.
Other injured people were sent to Government Royapetah Hospital.
The Adyar traffic investigation wing police registered a case and detained Vikas and Charan.