Car goes up in flames in Chennai, passenger dies, driver injured
The Hindu
The accident occurred at noon on the busy Koyambedu flyover, police said
In a freak accident, a passenger was charred to death and a taxi driver was injured when the car they were travelling in caught fire all of a sudden, on the Koyambedu flyover on Monday. The accident occurred at noon on the busy flyover, when the car was proceeding towards 100 Feet Road, Koyambedu. Traffic was halted on the flyover as the car went up in flames.The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.