more-inFootboard travel snuffed out the life of a school boy when the bus in which he was travelling brushed against a roadside pole in Vadapalani on Friday. The Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) Bus (Route 27C) was crowded with passengers, including school students with some of them clinging on to the footboard. The victim, S. Subash, 17, used to travel on the bus daily from Nerkundram to Ganapathy Higher Secondary’s School in Kodambakkam. Police said the MTC bus was driven in a reckless manner and in the process had hit the roadside pole. Passers-by and other motorists rushed them to a private hospital and laterto Government Royapettah Hospital where Subash was declared brought dead.

Source: The Hindu August 11, 2017 19:07 UTC