278 died in accidents in Thoothukudi this year: SP
The Hindu
Call for safe driving; World Trauma Care Day observed
Stressing the need for safe driving practices, Superintendent of Police S. Jeyakumar on Sunday said Thoothukudi district had recorded 278 deaths in road accidents till date this year against 344 deaths in 2020 and 378 deaths in 2019.
Speaking on World Trauma Care Day, organised by the Department of Emergency Medicine at Thoothukudi Government Medical College and Hospital, he said that though the number of fatal accidents might have fallen, the lives could have been saved, if they had followed road rules.
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