An unidentified elderly man was killed after being run over by a lorry reversing onto the Vanagaram-Poonamallee service road here on Friday night. The Maduravoyal Traffic Investigation Wing police arrested the driver and registered a case.

The police said the victim, who was around 65 years old, was seated by the roadside near a Tasmac outlet on the service lane when the incident occurred. The lorry driver, who was heading to Poonamallee, was reversing the vehicle onto the Vanagaram-Poonamallee service road when the rear left wheel ran over the elderly man.

The Maduravoyal Traffic Investigation Wing recovered the body and sent it to the Government Kilpauk Medical College Hospital for a post-mortem examination.

Published - July 18, 2026 11:10 pm IST