The accident occurred on Mount Poonamallee Road when the car, reportedly trailing the two-wheeler, lost control and rammed into it. The driver, a resident of Valasaravakkam who works at a private hospital in Velappanchavadi, was detained by the police following the incident.
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On information, Avadi Traffic Investigation Wing personnel rushed to the scene and moved Padmapriya to a hospital, where she was declared brought dead, reports DT Next. According to the news reports, the 37-year-old deceased lived with her husband at Karambakkam near Porur. She was working as a professor at a private educational institute in Sriperumbudur, police said.
A case has been registered against the doctor, and further investigations are underway to ascertain the circumstances that led to the accident.
The accident follows a recent road mishap involving another medical professional, in which a government doctor reportedly suffered a seizure while driving and crashed into a two-wheeler near Avadi on Thursday morning, killing a couple on the spot. The couple, both employed with private firms, were on their way to work and are survived by their twin sons.
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Medical Dialogues had previously reported that in a tragic incident, a doctor riding a motorcycle was killed after being hit by a speeding car near Doon School in Sector 69, Mohali, on Friday evening. The driver fled the scene immediately, prompting the police to register a case and launch a search operation. According to the news reports, the incident occurred around 8 pm when the deceased, identified as Dr Gagandeep Singh, a resident of Sector 71, was riding his motorcycle from his home towards Sector 79.
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