Chennai: Two female IT professionals run over by speeding car, driver arrested

On Thursday, the police reported that a vehicle that had gone mad and hit them on OMR was responsible for the deaths of two ladies who worked in the software industry. On Wednesday, the incident took place when the techies were travelling from their place of employment back to their residence.

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The driver of the car was unable to maintain control of the vehicle, and as a result, it collided with the ladies as they walked toward their home. According to the authorities, one of them passed away at the scene, while the other one passed away at a local hospital.

The deceased have been identified as R Lakshmi (23) of Palakkad and S Lavanya (24) of Tirupati.

An arrest has been made involving the vehicle driver known as M Kumar from Sholinganallur.

(With inputs from PTI)