Lorry driver dies after vehicle crashes into stationary container truck on Outer Ring Road

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A 26-year-old lorry driver was killed near Nemillicherry on the Vandalur-Minjur Outer Ring Road on Saturday (September 12, 2026).

Avadi Police said a container truck traveling from Poonamallee towards Red Hills had broken down and was parked along the service lane at Nemillicherry near Pattabiram, on the Vandalur-Minjur Outer Ring Road (ORR). At that moment, a lorry carrying crushed stones from a stone quarry arrived at high speed and crashed into the container truck.

In the impact, the front portion of the tipper lorry was completely damaged, and the driver of the lorry Muthu was killed on the spot. The Pattabhiram Police, on being alerted about the accident, found it difficult to retrieve the body of the driver Muthu as it was caught in the mangled portion of the lorry.

The police officials with the help of the Fire and rescue services personnel recovered the body after a three-hour struggle and sent it to Government Kilpauk Medical College Hospital for post-mortem. Due to the accident, traffic on one side of the ORR was hit and was later diverted through the service lane.

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