CHENNAI: Five women cattle herders relaxing in the shade by the roadside near Thiruporur in Tamil Nadu were hit by a speeding automobile driven by a college student out for a joyride with friends on Wednesday.
Police said the automobile drove off the road near the Payanoor-Pandithamedu junction on the way from Thiruporur to Mamallapuram after the driver lost control at high speed and collided with the women, flinging two of them several feet away. All five people were slain on the spot. Two of the car’s four occupants fled the scene.
Driver Joshua and Ahmed, both BTech students in a private university, were caught by locals and thrashed before police arrived on the scene and arrested them. Police are looking for the other two youth.
