Elderly man hit by share auto dies in Vadapalani; drunk driver arrested

CHENNAI A a 63-year-old man was fatally knocked down by a speeding autorickshaw at Vadapalani in Chennai on Thursday (November 5, 2026). A senior official of the Greater Chennai Traffic Police said Saukkarraj was a resident of Vadapalani and was walking along the roadside near Kamala Theatre on Arcot Road at Vadapalani. A share auto-rickshaw which was proceeding toward Porur lost control and dashed into him.

In the impact, the senior citizen was thrown onto a compound wall and sustained severe head injury. He died on the spot. The Pondy Bazaar Traffic Investigation police, on being alerted, sent the body of Saukkarraj to the ESI Hospital in K.K.

Nagar for post-mortem. They also arrested Anbarasan, a native of Ariyalur district, who caused the accident by driving under the influence of alcohol. In another incident, a 38-year-old woman was killed after a truck collided with the motorcycle in which she was travelling and killed near the Porur Toll plaza on Wednesday (November 4) night.