This is the second such road cave-in on Anna Salai in ten days.
In a shocking incident, a state-run bus and a car met with an accident after Chennai’s prominent Anna Salai caved in on Sunday.
Visuals from Anna Salai show a Honda City car and the MTC bus crash into a huge crater that had suddenly formed on the road near Church Park school.
It is unclear how many people were travelling in both vehicles and if any injuries were sustained.
Initial reports suggest that around 35 people were inside the bus, and sustained minor injuries. Some of them were taken to the Royapettah Government Hospital.
Since it was a Sunday, there was very less traffic on the road.
Chennai police officials have cordoned off Anna Salai – which is an arterial road in the city.
This is the second such incident on Anna Salai in ten days.
On March 30, the same stretch had caved in, throwing traffic out of gear. The Chennai Traffic Police had then said that the road had caved in owing to the metro construction taking place on Anna Salai.
The Chennai Metro Rail is carrying out tunnelling work along Anna Salai, where the metro line will be underground.
In December 2015, a giant crater was formed along the Anna Salai-Vijayaraghava Road in Teynampet. On that occasion to, the road cave-in was blamed on the metro construction.
A 10-foot stretch on Poonamallee High Road, another arterial road in Chennai caved in in June 2015 owing to tunnelling work for the Chennai Metro Rail. The cave-in even witnessed a car getting stuck in the crater. However, the occupants in the vehicle escaped unhurt.
Source: The News Minute