Man dies after being run over by truck near Kundrathur

Representational image | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto A 26-year-old man from Madurai was killed after being run over by a truck on the Tambaram-Maduravoyal bypass road near Chennai on Tuesday (November 3, 2026) night. A senior official of the Tambaram Police Commissionerate said the victim Dhanush from Mullai Nagar, Madurai, was living in Porur, and undergoing training in information technology. He was also working part-time as a bike-taxi driver.On Tuesday night, Dhanush was returning in the bike after dropping a customer on the Outer Ring Road. As he was entering into the service road linking Kundrathur, he lost control of his vehicle and crashed into the truck that was travelling ahead him. In the impact, he fell off the vehicle and another truck that was coming from behind ran over him. Dhanush sustained fatal head injuries and died on the spot.The Chromepet Traffic Investigation police, on being alerted, sent the body to the Government Tambaram Headquarters hospital for post-mortem. Published - November 04, 2026 04:45 pm IST