Chennai: Bikes collide, go up in flames; 2 dead

Chennai | Monday | 11th February, 2019

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They managed to pull Prem Kumar, Nithish and Divakar free and rush them to the Chengalpet government hospital, where Prem Kumar died. CHENNAI: Two bikes collided and burst into flames at Pullamedu village on the Chengalpet-Thirukazhukundram Road on Saturday night. Both riders died — one was charred to death trapped under his burning bike; the other succumbed to injuries in hospital. The three were headed from Chengalpet to Thirukazhukundram to attend a marriage.Police said Hariharan got trapped underneath his bike and passersby could not rescue him as flames had engulfed the vehicles by then. Following the accident, traffic was thrown out of gear on the Thirukazhukundram-Chengalpet road for around half-an-hour..