Class 12 student killed as car driven by minor crashes on Tambaram-Maduravoyal bypass road

A 17-year-old boy was killed after the car he was travelling in, driven by his friend, a minor, met with an accident on the Tambaram-Maduravoyal bypass road near Pozhichalur on Saturday (October 24, 2026).A senior official from the Tambaram Police Commissionerate said Salath Raj (17), a resident of Arumbakkam, was driving the car from Tambaram to Maduravoyal. He was accompanied by his friends Naren, Aravind, Keshav, and Ebendran, who were also residents of Arumbakkam.Salath Raj lost control of the vehicle near a gas godown in Tharapakkam, near Pozhichalur. The car hit the median railing installed on the road and crashed into a tree after it overturned. In the accident, Naren, a Class 12 student and a resident of MMDA Colony in Arumbakkam, sustained severe head injuries and was killed on the spot.Salath Raj and the other passengers, Aravind, Keshav, and Ebendran, sustained minor injuries. Following an alert from local residents, the victims were rescued and admitted to Tambaram Government Hospital.The Tambaram Traffic Investigation Wing police found that all the boys were minors and registered a case. Published - October 24, 2026 12:18 pm IST